The 2013 Study of Product Team Performance
The 2013 Study of Product Team Performance is out! The results are not quite as across-the-board extraordinary as last year’s […]
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Team Leadership
What if two product managers disagree on something and can only agree to disagree?
I received the below great question a few days after my Art of War for Product Managers and High-Performing Professionals.
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How to do things that scare us.
There are things in our professional careers that naturally scare us, but are required for advancement and continued growth. We are normally afraid of places we haven’t been before, things we haven’t tried before or subject matter that we know nothing about. If fear is a sign that we are pushing our envelop, then conquering that fear is a sign of real personal and professional growth.
So, how do we gather enough courage to take that next step?
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Asking the right question takes skill
By Laura Lee Rose, author of TimePeace: Making peace with time I had a vivid dream last night. In this
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Do one scary thing a day.
This week we will take a short-cut into slapping ourselves back on the path. We won’t spend time investigating why and what took us off our course. Instead, we will jump into action with the idea of “doing one scary thing a day” to help keep up moving forward at a faster pace.
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Keep Your Culture Positive!
Which is more effective to improve team performance: positive feedback or constructive criticism? a positive culture or a negative one?
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Strategic Planning: Which Direction Shall We Go?
Signs and times are confusing. Which way should organizations go? Which mix of projects can get you there? So how
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Prescription for Project Success
Today I am at the Project Management Institute (PMI) Community of Practice (Cop) leadership event in San Diego, California. I
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OPM and Agile; Conflicting Frameworks or Complementary Approaches?
Everyone in development knows about Agile. However, Organizational Project Management (OPM) is still relatively unheard of. Simply stated; OPM focuses
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How to Complain like a Champion
We complain. Oh, not you, of course, just those other knuckleheads. At work, our complaints sound like … “Bill’s cluttered
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Think Failure to Succeed
“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of
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