Communications - Silicon Valley Project Management

Don’t Put Your “I” Out!

Project managers can’t afford to be overly timid or self-effacing. They must be self-assured and determined in order to be […]

Imagine this: it’s Monday, and a co-worker had a rough weekend with his family. He wants to talk about it.

By Randall Englund / February 23, 2008

The applause was thundering as the magician completed his performance. Proman A. Jecgert had hired the magician to help celebrate

By John Burke / February 16, 2008

OK here is the scenario – Do you pass the “ink blot test”??. It is Friday afternoon on the

By Jim Sloane / February 12, 2008

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

By Ed Gaeta / February 10, 2008

I’m old enough to remember life before “Smart” Phones, Cell Phones, PDAs, and Email. Heck, I still remember the smell

By Ed Gaeta / February 7, 2008

Recently I looked at my calendar and caught myself saying “Sweeeet only 4 hours of meetings today”. That’s when I

By Ed Gaeta / February 4, 2008

Have you ever been the program manager on a job where you planned everything down to the smallest detail; you

By Anita Wotiz / February 4, 2008

In my examples this week, I’ve been writing about ways to convince those with the power to embrace some good

By Sandra Clark / January 28, 2008

UCSC Extension did an onsite class in Creative Thinking at Cisco last month. I thought you might resonate with the results. And

By Alan Tsuda / January 24, 2008

While I’ve never encountered any significant resistance to the idea that a PM has to do a lot of communication