Setting Priorities: Clearing Your Plate
for a Stress-Free Weekend
by Burl W. Randolph Jr.
Once again it’s Thursday, and those "To Do" items – Priorities, Critical Tasks, lists you created on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – have all accumulated on Thursday, and your "Plate is Full." Just like when…
for a Stress-Free Weekend
Planning by Checklist
by Bill Flury
Several people told me I had to meet and talk with Paul. Paul is an exceptional project manager in a government contractor organization. In the past eight years he has successfully run more than 80 projects, all of which have…
Thunder, Lightning and…
Project Management?!?
By Bill Flury
Unfair! Unfair!
We have all experienced big storms with lots of lightning flashing everywhere, lighting up the sky, sometimes doing great damage, and sometimes, just crashing about from one cloud to another. What do we call…
Project Management?!?
Plan B Was Yesterday:
Poetic Project Management
By Bill Flury
We started the project following Plan A
That only lasted a week and a day.
Then something happened that we didn’t foresee.
So, we updated things and went to Plan B.
A few days passed and the team told me
Three tasks…
Poetic Project Management
A Training Revolution: Get the
Most Out of Your Training Dollar
By Edward J. Williams, MAEd, MHRM, MBA
Calling all managers, directors and similar company leadership. Do you know what you’re getting in return when you send your employees off to training? We know that sometimes training is just to comply…
Most Out of Your Training Dollar
Stimulate Action with
the Gap Method
By Bill Flury
A stranger walks up to you and says, “Excuse me, your zipper is open”. Instinctively, you look for the exposed gap and rush to close it. Your reaction is intuitive and urgent.
Most people have a strong, inbred urge to…
the Gap Method