Teambuilding

It had all the earmarks of a disaster, a real career-sinker of a project. And here was my old friend and former colleague calling me up enthusiastically, on the phone: “Hey Lisa, we need a Technical Project Manager for this start-up I’m working for, in Redwood Shores… you’ll love the project and the team. It’s [...]

Every project manager worthy of the title knows why effective teamwork is critical to project success. All members of great teams know their own roles, limitations and strengths, as well as those of everyone else on the team. They use this knowledge to avoid duplication, anticipate problems, and quickly determine who is most able and [...]

My parents live in Louisiana and unfortunately got hit hard by Hurricane Gustav a few weeks ago. Their home was damaged by a very old very impressive tree, and a long-time family lake house was so badly rain-damaged that gutting of the entire place was required. The three weeks after the storm reminded [...]

Have you ever been to a “team building” event that felt like work?  You’re there because you have to be, but you’re dying to leave?  By the end, had the Esprit de Corps improved at all?

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The accelerated pace of globalization has made the need for virtual teams essential. The list of benefits that corporate executives tout to stockholders and channel partners is accelerated time to market, customer intimacy, resource utilization, employee retention and cost efficiency, to name a few. The challenge lies at the feet of project managers around the [...]

NO, not bonding like guys going camping together, or a serendipitous encounter of old friends. I’m talking about some serious, planned, coming together of the team.

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“To err is human, to forgive divine”, therefore is cursing and swearing considered an acceptable human err in a workplace? In my past 12 years as a program manager, cursing and swearing have never being absent in all my projects. But as a project manager, where do you stand on this?

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Clear roles, clear goals and the best laid plans are no guarantee of success. This entertaining piece is posted on behalf of Laura Mappin, Founder of MetARTmorphosis. (Picture is from her web site www.bauboroars.com) Enjoy! – Kimberly

I have lots of experience in hi-tech. I parlayed that into a crochet business. [...]