Silicon Valley Project Management

Mirroring 3.0 – Rapport Building and the Enneagram

By Matt Schlegel / October 3, 2013 September 30, 2013

This post describes how the Enneagram can be used as a tool to help you build rapport with new acquaintances. …

By Matt Schlegel / October 2, 2013 September 30, 2013

This post describes neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and how it can be used as a tool to help you build rapport …

By Matt Schlegel / October 1, 2013 September 30, 2013

How you appear really does matter to the people you meet. How you dress and your posture send a message. …

By Matt Schlegel / September 29, 2013 September 29, 2013

Is a new person joining your project team? Are you managing a new team of people? Are you meeting a …

By Matt Schlegel / October 14, 2011 October 13, 2011

I was speaking with a project manager the other day who complained that his boss was always telling him to …

By Matt Schlegel / October 11, 2011 October 12, 2011

How might we apply the observations Richard Nisbett made in his book Geography of Thought to the project-driven workplace? Is …

By Matt Schlegel / October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011

Recently one of my clients sent a team of engineers to Japan. For most of the team this was their …

By Matt Schlegel / June 3, 2011 May 30, 2011

Extraordinary leaders can, at times, exhibit bully-like behavior. Sometimes they can slip into and out of that behavioral mode unknowingly, …

By Matt Schlegel / June 2, 2011 May 30, 2011

Bullies both scare and fascinate me. Observing both the child bully and the adult bully, it is interesting to see …

By Matt Schlegel / June 1, 2011 May 30, 2011

There seems to be a certain type of person inclined to bully-like behavior by nature. Bully-like behavior is generally not …

By Matt Schlegel / May 31, 2011 May 30, 2011

When I was young, my family moved around a lot. Not until high school did I attend the same school …