3 Ways Project Managers Can Anticipate, Avoid and Mitigate Problems
Unsplash
Closing
Are there any career risks that a person should never take?
Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose. I am a speaker and author. I am an expert in time and project …
Are there any career risks that a person should never take? Read More »
How to get someone to do something that isn’t important to them
Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose. I am a speaker and author. My background is in time and project management. …
How to get someone to do something that isn’t important to them Read More »
How to speed up operations and deliveries.
With clients expecting orders to be turned around faster than in the past, how can a small business speed up their operations?
You can’t get your money, unless you ask for it
4 weeks after I had completed his taxes for him, I asked this friend-first-removed if he had received his refund yet. He confessed that he has the forms signed, but he has not mailed them in yet.
“Well — you know you can’t get your money, until you mail the forms in….”
It’s the same in life and work. It’s more difficult to get what you really want if you don’t explicitly ask for it and then follow-through with your plan.
Keeping an external job offer alive
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
Keeping an internal job offer alive
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
How can a career vision help me with my career
Steve Wynkoop and I were talking a lot about designing and managing our professional careers on a weekly interview on SSWUG.org. This episode was about what steps to change your position in the your current company.
Relationships? Who needs them?
Sticking with my basics theme, how do you feel about building relationships? Does it scare you or does it excite …
Relationships? Who needs them? Read More »
Managing Projects Overseas – Part III – Simplify the Process
Managing Projects Overseas – Part III – Simplify the Process We just spoke of global perspective of managing projects overseas, …
Managing Projects Overseas – Part III – Simplify the Process Read More »
Pro and Con list to make better decisions.
Most everyone is familiar with Pro and Con lists to help make a decision. Often times the Pro and Con List does very little to clarify the decision – because – well – the reason you are creating the Pro/Con list is because it was a ‘close call’ to begin with. We don’t go to the trouble of making a Pro and Con list on ‘no-brainers’. Often times the pro and cons are pretty equal – making the decision still difficult. Our mistake is that we stop at this point. We don’t take the next step to reduce the impact of the “Cons”.