Additonal tools for your leadership toolkit regardless of your style. Click here to read Part 1. One of the hardest things is leading others. It can be frustrating at times and awesome at others. It’s a lifelong never-ending journey to be a better leader. This second and final part of the series looks at the…
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When you go camping, you don’t want to be missing gear or tools when you’re out in the wilderness. The last thing you want is to realize you forgot the sleeping bag (which I have done! But I blame my brother! But that is another story…). Or forgot a can opener to cook dinner (which…
These daily habits will help you take control of your day and proactively manage your day. Photo from Unsplash by Jason Goodman How many of us have had those days where you have back to back meetings from 9 am all the way until 5 pm? And go through your emails and finish up at…
Introduction Pick up any book on how agile works and it will mention the importance of running a retrospective and how to run one. In reality, retrospectives are one of the first ceremonies that get dropped or it gets rushed through because the team is too busy. One reason that retrospectives tend to get dropped…
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Digital projects are innovative and push the edge of technology. Everyone is looking for a competitive edge. Technology is moving fast. Too fast to keep up. What are you to do? What can you do? You don’t want to box yourself in a corner. You don’t want to lose…
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash Planning workshops are tough at the best of times. Getting people together in one spot to work out how to deliver the project. With the pandemic, teams shifted to remote work. People and organizations are slowly finding their way of juggling remote work with family life. Mixing planning workshops…
You’ve tried so many times. It’s frustrating because the path is not clear. And you are running out of ideas on how to break into a project management career. It‘s a tough job where experience is critical. Where the incumbents are battle-hardened operators with a long list of skills and expertise. But how do you…
Life isn’t meant to be easy. It is hard and rewarding. Some of us go through life naturally gifted and able to deal with tough situations. The rest of us struggle and some of us coast through. Having to deal with difficult, tough situations helps us grow and develop as a person. As the old…
What is Risk Management? Risk management or lack of one is a key driver of project failure. You can improve the chances of your project succeeding by having a risk management plan and following it. If this is not done, things can go wrong unexpectedly and you and your team will be on the back…