Most organizations understand project managers are at the center of a project’s success. But poor project managers are crippling entire organizations. A poor project manager is a single point of…
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I’ve been there. You’ve got a project manager role you need to fill fast because your business needs to deliver something yesterday, or your current PM just gave you two…
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The following is adapted from It’s Never Just Business. What does leadership mean to you? To me, it’s about creating a culture of listeners, collaborators, challengers, and decision makers. Leadership is…
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The following is adapted from It’s Never Just Business. I don’t know anyone who gets excited when the topic of accountability comes up. Most of us see it as a chore,…
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With the popularity created by the Agile movement it is important that we as a community take a moment to get clear on a few things. First, Agile is not a methodology…
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Whenever I get the opportunity I ask people to close their eyes and tell me what they see when I say the word “leadership” or “leader”. Almost everyone imagines a…
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In their Harvard Business Review article titled “Making Business Personal”, Robert Kegan, Lisa Lahey, Andy Fleming, and Matthew Miller describe the Deliberately Developmental Organization (DDO). The basic premise of their…
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Just because an executive has authority over their employees doesn’t mean their employees will follow them. I have seen a CIO’s direct reports fire him by deciding as a team…
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The problem with leadership is that it’s super popular! The truth about leadership is not every situation needs leadership. Leadership is only necessary when change is eminent or desired. Situational…
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