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The Myth of Multi-Tasking
Trying to do more than one thing at once (i.e. multi-tasking) is a waste of time & effort. The fact is that you can only do one thing at once and every time you start a new task requires a degree...
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Dynamic Project Planning
Project plans outline a path into an unknown future. They help us define tasks, assign work and specify timeframes. In a perfect world we’d be able to create a detailed project plan and then follow it...
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Getting to a Zero Inbox
Like it or not but email is a major means of communication and won’t be going away anytime soon. Email gets a lot of criticism but it’s not inherently bad. It provides a record of communication that’s...
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Separate Project & Change Manager?
Do projects need a separate project manager and change manager to be successful? It’s a critical question for project planning & budgeting and to come up with the right answer a number of factors...
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Obtaining Senior Executive Engagement
Senior executive engagement is critical to the success of any complex project. It can have a direct impact through budget allocation, resource assignment or the removal of obstacles to change. It can...
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Effective Status Meetings
Status meetings are a key part of a well-managed project. It’s unlikely that badly run status meetings will be a direct cause of project failure but they can certainly have an impact. If stakeholders...
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Change is a process not an event
One off change activities like town hall meetings or executive communications rarely implement much change. Change should be looked at as a process where constant pressure needs to be applied to change...
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The Micro Macro Project Manager
Project managers should be able to move effortlessly between specific details and the macro concepts on their projects. Without a comprehensive understanding of project details, project managers will...
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Working in a virtual environment
Virtual teams & operations are everywhere. Being virtual is hard-wired into our firm’s DNA since we started as a virtual organization more than 15 years ago. Some of our thoughts on working in a...
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Improve your effectiveness when working from home
In many ways the modern work environment bears little resemblance to one of only a few decades ago. Modern knowledge workers are increasingly required to work in a flexible environment and this often...
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