Project management is more than following a plan, it’s doing things for a reason. Not going to lie, the week before last was chaotic and stressful for me. When Scott asked about posting my blog my answer was… “Can’t we…
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Carrying the Load by Caring Too Much
Keep project stakeholders and sponsors as committed to the project as your project team. There is a box of stuff in my garage, left by a friend who had moved in to house sit when I was spending most of…
Avoiding Avoidance (Part 2 of 2)
Tips for attacking risk indicators head on, instead of avoiding them (Part 2 of 2). We’ve all had those days, the ones where we are too busy “putting out fires” to get to the things we really wanted to get…
Avoiding Avoidance (Part 1 of 2)
How to recognize when we're avoiding a problem instead of working to resolve it (Part 1 of 2). I was having a conversation with someone who is in an organizational support role about failing IT projects. He told me that…
Mindfulness as a Tool for Efficiency
Move your projects forward by stopping to give them your full attention. Did you happen to catch Scott’s last blog? He made a great point about how stopping to take a breath and focus himself improved his results. In essence…
