How Is Your Culture Affecting Your Success?
By Rob Zell: It’s soccer season again and I’m reminded how culture and fit impact performance. Your organization depends on both elements to be successful. If you ignore the impact of culture and fit,...
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by Bill Flury The “Ten Most Wanted” Cars At the morning roll call the Indianapolis Chief of Police spoke to his patrol officers about his frustration with their inability to locate stolen cars. He...
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What Is Project Success….Really?
By Vicki Wrona, PMP: When it comes to projects, the classic definition of project success is to deliver a project on time, on budget and within scope. However, I’m not sure that definition is...
View ArticleLeadership Transitions:What Are You Getting Yourself Into?
By Chris Hitch, Ph.D. & Rick Rocchetti You’ve just been hired to take on a role in a new organization or a new role in your current organization. You’ve worked hard to prepare for the change, but...
View ArticleWhite Paper: Encouraging Process Improvement
by Bill Flury Keep what you do simple. Many companies have found simple, practical ways to implement their programs and have achieved the benefits with little cost. The key factor in keeping the...
View ArticleWhere There’s a Wall, There’s a Way! Achieving Group Consensus
By Bill Flury When I was beginning to learn how to be a good systems engineer, my mentor gave me some advice that has served me well. He told me, “Never try to solve a big problem on a small sheet of...
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Negotiating with Difficult People: We Have a Hostage Situation!
By Karen Smith, MBA, PMP Never Fear! [Your Name Here] to the Rescue! Chances are high that at least one point in your career or personal life, you’ve had to negotiate with someone who was holding...
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Overcoming Organizational Obstacles to Unlock the Value of Project Management...
By Vicki Wrona, PMP Recent research has documented the value of project management at various levels and in a variety of organizations. In the research study, Researching the Value of Project...
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Problem Solving: How to Wrestle with a Pig, and Win!
by Burl W. Randolph Jr. I am often asked “Burl, why would you wrestle with a pig? All you get is dirty and the pig enjoys it”. George Bernard Shaw. My answer is always the same: How do you think I made...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from the Left Seat: Communicate Clearly
by Frank Burroughs One of the most intimidating parts of flight training, as reported by student surveys and even some veteran pilots, is communication. Why is that? Several reasons come to mind....
View ArticleAvoiding Potholes: Communication
by Bill Flury Cruising Down the Road You weren’t nervous this time. You had worked hard on this presentation. You had great slides and you cruised through your delivery. Now you were ready to handle...
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Keeping Your Project On Time
By Bruce Beer, PMP Note: This is Part 1 of the Keeping Your Projects on Track series. Part 2 is Keeping Your Project Within Budget. You want to be seen as the latest wunderkind of your Company and to...
View ArticleThe Art of Teleworking
Now more than ever, being both physically and emotionally capable of working from your own home is incredibly useful. Technology has brought us the ability to share ideas and documents at unbelievable...
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Sarah’s Tale
by Bill Flury Sarah Has a Problem. Sarah was having a bad day, one of many in the past few weeks. Things just weren’t working as she expected them to. She was doing what she had been doing all along...
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