Saying “YES” in difficult family situations
I recently conducted a “Say YES to everything – on your own terms” seminar based on the material from “”Just
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Miscellaneous
Mind the ‘Strategy-Execution’ Gap
“Companies typically realize only about 60% of their strategy’s potential value because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution.”- Harvard Business Review
Today’s challenging economic climate forces every company across the globe to keep a laser focus on the bottom line, and executives are under close watch to deliver key strategies. So why is it that so many companies continue to suffer from a strategy-execution gap? And what can the PM do to help close the gap?
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Bully Reaction
Extraordinary leaders can, at times, exhibit bully-like behavior. Sometimes they can slip into and out of that behavioral mode unknowingly,
Bully by Experience
Bullies both scare and fascinate me. Observing both the child bully and the adult bully, it is interesting to see
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Bully by Nature
There seems to be a certain type of person inclined to bully-like behavior by nature. Bully-like behavior is generally not
The Bully and The New Kid
When I was young, my family moved around a lot. Not until high school did I attend the same school
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Japan Tragedy – Impossible Becomes Possible
Here’s another article in this series where I squeeze meaning out of seemingly purposeless tragedy. When I landed in Tokyo
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Managing Projects in Large vs. Small Organizations
I’ve managed projects in F100 companies and in small companies. There are positives and negatives in both but sometimes I
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The Agony of the Budget – Part 2
“Have you included the depreciation in your budget plan?” Those words or similar ones is what I’ve heard from some
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The Agony of the Budget
The triple constraint, in many cases, is a given to project managers. Regardless of approach, methodology, or industry, most PMs
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Energizing Agile
We’ve all heard about Agile, the good and the bad. While to some Agile is relatively new, I started being