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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…
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Learning Longevity: 4 Techniques to Make Learning Last

By Rob Zell: This is part 1 of a 3-part series. This article is aimed at learning organizations. I’ve worked in several organizations supporting schools, restaurants and retailers, and in every one the question is always, “How do…
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Keeping Your Project Within Budget

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is Part 2 of the Keeping Your Project on Track series. Click here to read Part 1, Keeping Your Project on Time. The first in this series of “Keeping Your Project on Track” dealt with how to keep your…
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Non-Productive Team Members – Who’s Responsible?

By Kathy Martucci, PMP What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when someone speaks of a non-productive team member? Is it, “Well, he needs to shape up!”? Maybe, maybe not. We can all agree that ultimately the team member…
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Doing Our Best Project Work….With Less

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: In the great symphony of life, everyone plays an important role, from the conductor to each instrument. Such it is with project management. If we have a team member that doesn’t pull their weight on the project,…
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Manage Your Management, Manage Your Team

by Dr. Gerald Mulenburg, PMP: What Managers Need to Know About Managing Projects Having been both a project manager and a manager of project managers, I’ve developed a clear impression of what a project produces, what it costs, and…