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Red Is Not a Problem As Long As It Is the Truth

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: I was recently working at the world’s largest software developer when one of the managers made a statement that really stuck with me. We were talking about reporting and she said, “Red is not a problem as long…
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Oops! I Didn’t Take the PMP Exam By Aug 30, 2011. Now What?

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: As you may have heard, PMI changed the exam on August 31, 2011 by 30%. This was driven by a change in the Role Delineation Study and was designed to make the exam better reflect the updated skills needed and used…
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Failing Forward: Seeing Problems as Opportunities

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: We’re all familiar with setbacks or failure. If you don’t have any setbacks, then you’re not stretching yourself, are you? However, rather than putting the negative connotation that we tend to place on failing,…
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Buzzwords: Sayings We Love to Hate

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: Let’s have a little fun with this post. I was talking to someone recently and the topic of clichés and business buzzwords came up. I don’t know about you, but there are certain people I work with that I have…
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iLeadership: Leading the Steve Jobs’ Way

by Vicki Wrona, PMP: In the book, The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation, we gain insights on Steve Jobs’ management style from Jay Elliot, a senior executive who was with Jobs from the beginning. This book provided an…
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How to Deliver Bad News: 3 Techniques

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: A frequent concern and popular topic in our communications, leadership or project management training classes is how to deliver bad news. We commonly discuss techniques of feeling empathy, putting yourself in their…