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Smart Firms Lead Softly

I’ve been playing with this idea of “leading softly” for several weeks now. And, it started as a simple idea about project managers leading from a place of communication and soft skills first. But as I have gone further with my thought process, I have begun to think about softly not just as the ability […]

21 Ways To Make Your Next Project More Successful

Yesterday I announced the title of my new ebook on Twitter. Today I am taking to my blog to give you the table of contents, or at least the working draft… The book is called 21 Ways To Make Your Next Project More Successful and it is going to be out in July. The gist is […]

You Don’t Have Processes In Place? Wait! What?

Over the years, I am proud to admit, I have been pretty successful in helping a few businesses dramatically increase their growth. This has either been after slumps or at the beginning. There, I did it, I tooted my own horn… Anyway, this doesn’t have nearly as much to do with me as it […]

Simple Isn’t Always Easy

I’m reminded today that the simple things aren’t always easy. Like if you are organizing a project, its simple to know that you need to take into account your team members strengths and weaknesses, but not always easy to get there.

3 Lessons On How Not To Be A Good Project Manager From Last Night’s “All Star Celebrity Apprentice”

Well, well, well…if you have been following this season’s edition of “The Celebrity Apprentice” you know that the gloves have come off early and often. You also know that we have seen some examples of good project management and bad. Despite one team having to win, last night’s episode was truly a case study in […]

3 Reasons Why The New Pope Needs To Be A Good Project Manager

I’ve got my TV turned to NBC right now, waiting to see who the new Pope is…probably like a lot of people all over the world. (Full disclosure: I’m not Catholic, but I do find the ceremony pretty fascinating.) While we don’t know who the new Pope is going to be, we do know that […]