The Art of Project Management: Expert advice from experienced project managers in Silicon Valley, and around the world
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Kevin Ciccotti - UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley

Kevin Ciccotti, CPCC, ACC, has been a student of peak performance, interpersonal communication, and human behavior for more than 25 years. He was trained at The Coaches Training Institute, the world’s largest in-person coach training organization. Kevin also trained with the Robbins-Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention, founded by world-renowned human performance experts Anthony Robbins and Psychotherapist Cloe Madanes. In 2012 Kevin was named President of the Nevada Professional Coaches Association. Kevin’s work focuses on creating and sustaining powerful relationships in all areas of life – from personal to professional. He emphasizes the role of Human Needs and Key Decisions in the way we create our beliefs and patterns, and how those impact the way we interact with the world around us. By understanding these dynamics, it’s like having a master key to unlock our ability to make more resourceful responses to our circumstances from a place of conscious choice, rather than operating from our history or automatic responses.

A Coach Approach

A Coach Approach

There are many different schools of thought when it comes to managing and leading people and/or projects. It seems that everyone has ideas, opinions, or strategies on the right way or wrong way of doing it. How do you know which one is best for you and your teams? The answer is not always as [...]

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Habits…

Habits...

We have a wonderful German Shepherd puppy named Spice. She is black and brown and fuzzy… and did I say cute? Yes, she is very cute! Her rather large ears stick straight up from the top of her head, reaching skyward like two fuzzy antennae, searching for input. When she gallops around the house, her [...]

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Embracing Uncertainty

Embracing Uncertainty

Every day we come face to face with situations and events that can elicit responses of fear, anxiety, and worry. For the most part, we’re more than capable of handling those events, especially when they remind us of past circumstances that we’ve encountered and either overcome or learned from our mistakes (I’ve got many of [...]

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Status is Important… Is That Right?

Status is Important... Is That Right?

One of your responsibilities as Project Manager is to ensure project milestones are being met, and that everyone is on task and on track. One way of doing that is by holding status meetings with your teams. However, as you may have experienced, sometimes those meetings can go awry – and most of the time [...]

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We Feed Off Your Fear…

We Feed Off Your Fear...

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Veterans’ Day, and of course all government offices, banks, schools, and many businesses were closed in observance of this special day to honor all who have served, and continue to serve our country. As I drank my morning coffee and watched the local morning news, my wife and [...]

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Influence & Expectations

Influence & Expectations

As Project Managers, you have many tools at your disposal to help you succeed. You’ve got extensive training, some measure of resources – both capital and human, strategies and experiences from past projects, just to name a few. But what about your ability to influence? Have you ever given it any thought? I mean, certainly [...]

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Fit To Lead

Fit To Lead

One of my core beliefs is that the quality of life is largely determined by the quality of our relationships – whether they are intimate relationships, or those with friends, coworkers, or within organizations. One of the key determinants in our ability to create and sustain those relationships is our own level of what I [...]

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The Human Needs Advantage

The Human Needs Advantage

In my first article, I talked about Human Needs Psychology, and the Six Basic Human Needs. Now we’ll dig a little deeper into this powerful behavioral model in order to understand how our needs drive our behaviors, the impact it has on decision-making, the patterns we develop as a result, and how you – as [...]

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Building Breakthrough Teams

Building Breakthrough Teams

In my work as an Executive & Life Coach, my area of expertise is relationship coaching, and specifically helping people create empowered, sustainable relationships. Now, the first thing that may come to mind is, “Why should I care about relationships, and what is a relationship coach doing writing an article for Project Mangers?” The truth [...]

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