Project Mangers, Points and the Space in between
How might we apply the observations Richard Nisbett made in his book Geography of Thought to the project-driven workplace? Is […]
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Global Leadership
Building Rapport – East and West
Recently one of my clients sent a team of engineers to Japan. For most of the team this was their
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The Hidden Value of Conferences and Symposiums
If all you are planning on doing at the next conference you attend is to learn something from the sessions and the exhibits, my advice would be to save your money, focus on your work, and ‘get the dvd’. As we all know, attending conferences isn’t just about the sessions, the keynote speakers, or the product demos. The values you attain from attending conferences are all in the periphery, they are about the ‘X Factors’, those that help you , your team and your company get ahead professionally.
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The Myth About Project Managers
Let’s get out of the dark ages and admit what we know. Project manager is a misnomer. We don’t manage
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A Century of Scientific Management
Did you know Project Management is having a birthday? Well, sort of a birthday. It was 100 years ago, in
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Learn a foreign language in between projects and on the go
Project managers work on various projects, sometimes traveling to various clients’ sites. You juggle many emails, calls, faxes and meetings
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Breaking the myths about language learning as an adult
1. If I just use music and media, may I give up studying grammar and vocabulary and quit my language
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Changing the way you think about foreign language learning
Do you think of foreign language learning as sitting in your boring, stuffy high school Spanish class repeating “Yo me
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Why should project managers speak another language?
Unfortunately, in many countries, especially English-language ones, foreign languages have not been taken seriously by educational institutions, parents and children.
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How does one carefully maintain the balance between effective communication and time management?
The rule of thumb is that the answer to most questions starting with “should everything be” is “NO”.
It’s the same with this question.
Effective communication IS time management. It isn’t a trade-off, such as this question seems to imply. Consider how much time you waste through misinterpretation, vague directions, mistakes and hurt feelings when you are not communicating clearly?
There’s much more to this than meets the eye, but here are five of six tips to effective communication AND time management?
Give me some team spirit around the world
Time is running and we’re all focused on getting the job done. When working on international projects, the speedometer is
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