How to Have a Life Outside of Work
There’s more to life than work. But it’s not that easy to have a life outside of work in our society. People interact less in person. Everyone is obsessed with their electronic devices. Most people are genuinely pretty busy, too. However, you can have a life outside...
Working with Outsourced Providers
One of the most empowering decisions you can make in your business is the decision to outsource tasks. We enjoy outsourcing those things that we are either not good at or just have no time to do in our businesses. We have to sit down and identify our strengths and...
Detaching from the Outcome
Many, many years ago, I started reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. I was really excited about reading it until I bumped into the concept of detaching from the outcome in the first ten pages or so. I couldn’t fathom a world where I should detach...
Which of the Lean Wastes Cause You The Most Pain
In the world of Lean Six Sigma, we aim to remove wastes from processes. Wastes are considered any action or step that does not add value to the customer. In other words, waste is any process that the customer does not want to pay for. For example, what if your...
Getting Clear Feedback from Clients
Feedback is a gift. Honestly… I don't always like unpacking it. When it comes to birthday presents, I love being surprised with the unexpected, but with feedback from clients, not so much. If you do not get feedback. You do not grow....
Mistakes Project Managers Make
I love getting new things – new things to do, new books to read, new things in the mail. And, I love meeting new people. So – when I get a new project, I am off to the races. I am calling meetings to talk about it, and I am talking to anybody who...
Setting Healthy Boundaries in Business
With smartphones at our fingertips, boundaries around business are more blurred than ever. Applications like Slack and Gmail make us radically accessible, conference calls can happen at any time of the day, and laptops make it easier than ever to work on the weekends....
So – What does a good project manager do?
A project manager manages a project. And a project is a body of work that has an identifiable start and stop. A project is put in place to deliver something in a specific amount of time. It could be put in place to deliver new technology, an...
Effectiveness of Training Combined with Coaching
I am one of those people that loves going to training classes. It gives me the nostalgia of the first week of school. New teacher. New classroom. New friends. Don’t laugh – I am a proud nerd. I get excited when they pass out the...