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Top Articles of 2013 #6-10

by Vicki Wrona, PMP It’s that time of year again where we bring you our “Best Of” articles from the prior year!  These articles are the most read articles of 2013 as determined by you, our readers. There were so many popular posts last year, this year our “top 10” actually includes 11 articles! Here they are: 11. Successfully Executing Strategy: Is […]

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Building a Team that Wins the
World Cup for Your Business

by Rob Zell Managers who are focused on the right things are consistently focused on building and maintaining effective teams. The manager that successfully does this is able to steer the team to accomplish tasks efficiently rather than having to manage the tasks themselves. The question, then, is how to build and maintain a high […]

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Make Feedback the Gift that Keeps on Giving

by Rob Zell Around my office, I am the feedback enforcer. Anytime a manager or peer delivers feedback they glance my way to make sure that they delivered the feedback in an effective manner. Feedback is critical to help team members reach new heights of performance but only when delivered effectively and in a balanced […]

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The Sound of Silence: Voices Not Heard

by Dr. Gerald Mulenburg, PMP If the title sounds familiar, it should. It comes from the Simon and Garfunkel song The Sound of Silence: “people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening.” And I’m sure you’ve been in situations where project managers sometimes feel they’ve achieved approval or consensus on an issue, only to discover […]

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Goal Analysis: Is That Really Necessary?

by Dot Young This is Part I in a two-part series. I recently submitted a proposal to a client that included a scheduled meeting time to perform a goal analysis. When we reviewed the proposal, he asked me, “Goal Analysis? Is that really necessary?” The short answer is a great big YES, but I knew […]