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A key feature of the internet is to connect people. Web sites like facebook and MySpace have become the ultimate proof that the world has become a global village. People from America, Brazil, Europe, Russia, India, and Australia can connect each other merely by logging in to these sites. They ... Views: 993
As city, county, and state budgets are being discussed and finalized around the country, one thing is clear: those who allocate resources are asking the wrong questions. As a result, recipients of government services are being short-changed because resources are being misallocated.
During ... Views: 827
Dramatic increases in public sector pension liabilities at a time when state and local governments have seen their revenues shrink drastically have resulted in an explosive backlash against public sector unions and the workers they represent. At the very time that high levels of unemployment ... Views: 726
Big presentation coming up? Are you confident that you visual message is clear and compelling?
Visual impact is a key factor in whether your presentation will be a winner. Take a moment right now and ask a single question...
Is your message instantly clear?
If you have to think too long ... Views: 965
Most project managers have observed in everyday life, which of the high ranking office employees demonstrate their power and authority by making use of the office space that they have been provided with. So, like our body and facial expressions reveal a lot about what we want to communicate; our ... Views: 830
If you want to further your career in project management, you need to acquire certifications that will boost your credentials. Two certifications that are mostly sought after by project management professionals are Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and Project Management ... Views: 8162
Project management is a competitive industry. With the increasing number of project managers, keeping an edge over the other competitors can be quite challenging. If you are a project manager and want to be steps ahead of your competitors, here are 10 tips on how to further your career:
1. ... Views: 809
An employee’s face looks up as his iPad slowly slips from his fingers; crashing on the floor below. Scattered, plastic remnants are all that remain. Can it be fixed?
A manager and an employee look across the table at each other, stunned into silence by the bitter and harsh words exchanged ... Views: 1030
Vision is the most important factor that influences the way and manner one succeeds or fail in this side of the great divide no matter how hard one may try and that is the main reason why the Holy Book, itself strongly emphasized that the people perish for lack of vision.
While it is quite ... Views: 1554
Gone are the days when you have to be in your office for hours on end to be able to handle project management tasks. The demand for “project management on the go” is significantly felt particularly by dedicated project managers who wish to establish solid communication in the team even when they ... Views: 1856
If you’ve read our newsletter that went out today, you’re aware of the changes coming to the PMP Exam this August. If you haven’t then here’s some more information on what you should know about the PMP exam changes that take effect on August 31st, 2011…
If you’ve read our newsletter that ... Views: 893
One essential skill that every leader should have revolves around the ability to assess his or her team. A leader is truly only as good as his followers and his ability to motivate and inspire those followers – and the truth is that some people are simply not team players, nor are they able to ... Views: 671
As a project manager, you know that you have to be on your toes, and a huge part of your job is predicting issues or shortfalls that may arise. How do you get yourself in the mindset to successfully foresee issues that can come up in a project? You have to put yourself in other people’s shoes. ... Views: 1168
We can choose our friends, but not our family and many times, not our co-workers. A part of life for many of us is working with people that we may not prefer to work with. Sometimes in life, you have to learn to work with people whether you can stand them or not. Something we’ve seen a lot of on ... Views: 736
It’s no secret that project managers are increasingly being hired as virtual or remote employees or even freelancers. There are benefits to both the employer and the employee for working remotely. Employers hiring freelance project managers don’t have to provide benefits, computers, or even ... Views: 875
Succession planning is a concept that often is misunderstood, to the detriment of all concerned. People tend to use the term incorrectly, thinking it means one thing when actually it means something quite different. For example, people often confuse the succession planning process, which focuses ... Views: 787
If you've ever experienced a tough money period and have fallen past due on a loan payment, you most likely received a collection call. You may have thought that old lady on the other end of the telephone punched those buttons with her poor tiny fingers, but you could be in for a surprise.
As ... Views: 757
When it comes to losing a key employee, very few businesses are prepared. With this being an unexpected or unplanned event would can cause disruptions to businesses.
Many owners and managers feel this is as a gut wrenching experience is losing an key employee you have worked with for so long ... Views: 1968
s I see it, there are really three places you can exist in your career--Comfort, Growth, or Fear zones. Let’s assess where you are. Think of a work issue, your current status, or even take a bird’s eye view of the recent past. Ask yourself “Where am I?” “Am I operating mostly in my comfort ... Views: 1543
Economists are talking about a new economy which has evolved as a result of the financial turmoil of the past couple of years. Evidence of this new economy may not be blatantly obvious to everyone, but things are different and you can see signs of this if you look carefully.
Nowhere is this ... Views: 1268
I’ve had a revelation.
Since the “great recession” of 2008 (which appears to still be in process) came trampling through our economic landscape, I have been — like so many others — waiting and hoping for the rebuilding. When will things get back to how they were? Can we soon return to easier ... Views: 1643
Joseph Juran died on Feb 28, 2008 at the age of 103. He was the man who coined the ‘Pareto Principle,’ named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy was received by 20% of the Italian population.
We’ve all heard of the ‘80/20’ rule – books have ... Views: 2495
Steven Covey’s bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effect People, starts off by telling us that the foundation of an effective life is proactivity.
This is a term derived from Viktor Frankl’s remarkable book, Man’s Search for Meaning, in which Frankl recounts the time he spent in a ... Views: 4291
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
~Lao Tzu
Leadership isn’t just for CEOs and managers. Good leadership is needed in many different situations, and in the various roles we play in life, using the ... Views: 2991
Tim Logerquist was a man with a mission. A mission to create a unified partnership with like-minded Baptist churches dedicated to advancing their collective mission under one association. It would take a clear, concise mission statement that would reflect his true purpose and engage the hearts ... Views: 1219
When the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported recently that Long Beach’s Chief of Police had vowed that the police would “get the job done” regardless of what they were tasked with doing in the face of drastically reduced resources, I had two immediate and contradictory reactions. As a Long Beach ... Views: 781
We can learn all that is important from nature.
Perhaps nature’s most important lessons are that change is ubiquitous and that nothing is achieved by striving. Nature’s intelligence operates with an ease and a power which cannot be matched by the application of effort. Grass does not try to ... Views: 3118
Self improvement can, in no way, be divorced from attitude because that is the major factor that influences that moulds both the character and the success of any human being in this great terrestrial divide. It is a common saying from the ancient of days that the higher the attitude the higher ... Views: 2546
It's a tough economy, no doubt about it. And though the pace of business is accelerating, some businesses are taking longer to make buying decisions. When the people talking with vendors and potential vendors are hesitant, they could be concerned about making a wrong move and losing their job ... Views: 1135
For the past three decades, I’ve been observing the way people behave in personal and business relationships, with the intent of finding the meaningful patterns of what works and doesn’t work to bring about positive change. Here are the top ten lessons I’ve learned about how to click with ... Views: 1536
What's the definition of insanity? Some say.... doing the same thing and expecting different results!
What I love about Simon Mainwaring's new book, "We First" is that he is suggests that we not only think different, but act and therefore will feel different. In the model of behavior change, ... Views: 888
We all want to grow. Whether that means being more successful, having more control over our lives, being more financially secure or being happier and more content. One thing we know for sure, day dreaming will not get us there.
We need to have goals and we need to work towards achieving them. ... Views: 2192
Self improvement cannot just be a matter of academic exercise by the erudite scholars in the ivory tower but an inevitable phenomenon for anyone no matter the social or economic station of life and whichever way one looks at it this is an inevitable catalyst for crossing the threshold of poverty ... Views: 1707
When faced with the opportunity to try something new – what reaction do you have?
• Dread?
• Fear?
• Start making excuses?
• Run for the hills?
If you find that you get a sinking feeling in your stomach, your breath shortens, and you generally tighten up looking for ways to escape, that ... Views: 1266
If you’ve read amount of self-help material, you’ll be familiar with the idea that the way you think creates your experience of life. It was Viktor Frankl, the famous psychiatrist and survivor of the holocaust who wrote that, 'between stimulus and response there is a gap, and in that gap lies ... Views: 2266
Resilience or the ability to ‘bounce back’ after encountering problems is an essential trait. Inevitably, life will throw up some apparently adverse situations, and being able to deal with such circumstances in a positive and creative way is often a measure of how happy and successful a person ... Views: 2377
It’s a cliché, but change has always been the only constant. In recent times, the pace of change has accelerated greatly, and we all need to find ways to deal creatively with this fact of modern life. Leaders, in particular, need to face and manage change in a constructive way, but everyone who ... Views: 2946
All things occur in cycles, ebbing and flowing as time goes by. In the west, we often think of things progressing in a linear way, but nature teaches us that this is not the case. Darkness and light, the seasons, the life cycles of plants and animals – all these things rise and fall ... Views: 3522
Everywhere you turn today there are businesses, schools and even churches looking seriously at their “mission” in their chosen fields and the vision of success they foresee. People are also inundated in some form with the mission statements of new products, services, entrepreneurs and ... Views: 1695
A few months ago I had a toothache and so I went to see a dentist. He had a look at the problem and then knocked off a bit of my tooth and smoothed the rough edge down. I can feel it now as I’m writing this. He told me that he could try to build the tooth back up, but that a basic rule of ... Views: 2984
By definition the word judgment suggests: an act or instance of judging. It also states – forming an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion. Opinions are listed as: a personal view, attitude, or appraisal with a belief that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. No one ... Views: 2161
ARTICLE - HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH CHANGE?
1997 Article
New form of life and career counseling creates clarity around issues of change
By Eve K. Bernshaw
Have you felt powerless around the need to make certain decisions? Has the fear of change or transition created concern, or ... Views: 3288
Small changes can lead to big changes. We don’t need a treatise on Chaos Theory to observe that changing systems are nonlinear. Each variable in the change environment exponentially affects the outcome. For example, a simple three-variable closed environment will yield 6 permutations, while 6 ... Views: 829
There are three types of people in this world, those who can count and those who cannot.
If you're in management long enough, you will eventually experience a significant change in your company. This is usually followed by an intense and often quite justified sense of betrayal by those most ... Views: 1168
Increase your joy and lessen the stress of your upcoming move using these tips:
1. Release, release, release. Give away, sell, or donate to a worthwhile cause any item you no longer want or need. For some, this can be a daunting prospect. Set aside a specific block of time each day to pack ... Views: 1670