Adding Thought Diversity to Your Project Teams
mar 24,
2014
“The future of workplace diversity is here, and it’s not what you think. In fact, it’s how you think.” — Alison Griswold In Griswold’s article, “Why ‘Thought Diversity’ is the Future of the Workplace”, she looks at the idea that diverse thinking methods are the next trend in workplace diversity. What a great focus for […]
Lessons in Leadership from Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos
mar 19,
2014
After the Denver Broncos Super Bowl loss earlier this year, it took me a while to realize that there were some positive lessons to be learned from watching my favorite team lose at the very end of the season. My husband and I are serious Broncos fans, which means we always watch the whole game […]
Project Outsourcing Does Not Equal Simplicity
mar 14,
2014
How’s that project outsourcing working for you? In my experience, entire projects or just some of the project work can be outsourced for a number of reasons. Sometimes organizations are required to outsource project work due to a lack of resources, lack of skills or a need to reduce costs. Whatever the reason for outsourcing […]
Using PRINCE2 to Achieve High-Performing Project Teams
mar 10,
2014
How do experienced project managers create and nurture a high performing project team? In my experience, a high performing project team has a mutual purpose that binds them together and ratchets their performance to an exceptional level that is more than the sum of its parts? In their book, The Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and […]
The Project Manager’s “No Swerve Zone”
feb 24,
2014
Projects can have a lot of moving parts and a lot of people making decisions that impact those moving parts. People come with their own set of parts, including their personalities, their productivity and their ability to work well with others in a team environment. Some of these complications are just the way things are, […]
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