Late at night last Thursday I was outside having a cigarette (okay, and a drink too), and was mulling over a problem. While mulling over that problem I started thinking about the hiring process and how much of a mess it is.

It’s not a mess because of anything anybody’s doing wrong…it’s a mess because, [...]

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About two weeks ago, the editor at Projects@Work magazine, approached me to write featured articles for them. I was flabbergasted because I didn’t realize many people were actually reading my blog (although all your fabulous comments here should have led me to believe otherwise)! LOL Now get to spread my personal [...]

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I had the biggest thrill when Ron Holohan called me up and interviewed me for his long-running popular show, the PM411 Podcast. Ron’s a great interviewer and just kept making me laugh with his awesome questions.

I first encountered Ron when he tweeted about my blog. [...]

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I am absolutely honored this week to have the Project Shrink himself, Bas de Baar, permit me to guest post on his blog. I’m behind the times and only recently discovered Bas’ work.

For those who already know him, the man needs no introduction. For those who are new, [...]

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You know what I love about social media? An old fogie like me can get attention from enthusiastic young people who are smarter than me, better educated than me, and have miles of fabulous possibility yet to unfold before them. When I read Soma Bhattacharya’s Stepping Into Project Management [...]

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On Sunday, March 7th at 3:00pm I had the most fun “Twitterview” with Jhaymee Wilson aka @TheGreenPM. You can still see the actual Twitterview by searching hashtag #TheGreenPM. What was fun about this interview was, it was entirely conducted on Twitter. [...]

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Recently I had the absolute thrill of being a guest on Samad Aidane’s Guerrilla Project Management Podcast. First of all, I’d like to say that Samad is one of the warmest and most welcoming people I have met on social media, and I’m absolutely thrilled to be connected to him.

Samad took great pains to make me feel comfortable as I was a little nervous about the whole thing. Samad’s kind demeanour put my fears to rest and he gave me lots of opportunities for breaks and retakes if I wanted them. [...]

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In the spirit of the season, @PapercutPM is pleased to provide you this short presentation. For most of us, we’re born, we live and we die…to create a legacy, you need to try harder.

Understanding and being understood is the true currency of success. [...]

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