This post picks up from my previous one on negotiations, and adds some more of my thoughts on the actual process.
The Communicator Is Responsible for Transmission
I cannot stress this enough. If you are trying to send a message to someone, and you don’t take the time [...]
The other day I wrote a response to Elizabeth Harrin’s post about measuring the success of project management training. I’ve been thinking about that post off-and-on since I wrote it. I’ve especially been thinking about the example I gave about a stakeholder who doesn’t want to box himself into [...]
Read more and share your opinion →Okay, so as many of you know, recent challenges in my life caused me to say, “the hell with it” and go back to school to finish my degree. It’s been a very busy time, which included relocation, a dog that’s not sure what’s going on, getting re-registered at the university, and starting [...]
Read more and share your opinion →We all have things we’re known for. In my case, you give me a team that’s completely demoralized and dysfunctional, and I’ll turn it around and get it working effectively again. To that point, someone asked me a couple days ago, “Geoff I hear you’re really good at getting people to work together. How do [...]
Read more and share your opinion →I warn you now. Despite the fact I’m a 42 year old banking vet, I still have fanboy issues (although not in the Kathy Bates kind of way).
As some of you have noticed, I was very pleased to have Chris Brogan comment on my blog recently. Not only did it feel super [...]
Read more and share your opinion →So I’ve been looking rather unsuccessfully for work lately and one of the things that’s been really gnawing at me is the human resource black hole. We all know how it is…you contact an employer about a job and then never hear back. Recruiters are incredibly busy people so despite being out of work, we [...]
Read more and share your opinion →I attended a funeral this weekend. It was for my father’s cousin at whose house I spent so much of my childhood. We weren’t particularly close–I haven’t seen her in years. However, I understand towards the end she became a shut-in, and when she died, she died alone. That made me very sad.
Like many [...]
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You know, every once in awhile you stop and reflect on formative moments that helped to shape you into what you’ve become. I’m not really sure why but today I remembered a moment from my childhood that I found particularly significant and I thought I’d share it with you.
When I was a kid, my [...]
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