Project Management Visionaries: RedCritter

On July 15, 2011 By

This is the fifth entry in the PM Visionary Series.

And here I thought my series was done. Recently,

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Impostor Syndrome Win!

On July 11, 2011 By

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 [...]

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Project Management Visionaries: Vertabase

On June 2, 2011 By

This is the fourth and final(?) entry in the PM Visionary Series.

Some time ago I met Mark Phillips of Vertabase online in the Ask About Projects forum. We found we kept answering the same questions and in some cases commented on each others comments. I found many of [...]

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6 Leadership Skills for Project Managers

On May 5, 2011 By

(A guest post by Kristen Riley, of Villanova University)

So, about a week ago, I wrote a piece where I began what I expect to be a long ramble on soft skills that would span multiple blog posts. Well, this week I received a mail from a reader who offered her own take [...]

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Nail Your Next PM Job With A Simple Trick

On May 3, 2011 By

I enjoy working on my resume about as much as I enjoy sticking my hand down the garburator to pull out a fallen spoon. I loathe the exercise, and it makes me break out in a sweat.

What makes it worse is the fact that I grew up “knowing how” to write a resume a [...]

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Wearing the Shoes of Uncertainty

On April 28, 2011 By

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 [...]

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High Adventure and Project Leadership

On April 17, 2011 By

(A guest post by Rick Valerga, author of The Cure for the Common Project)

About a week ago, project management author Rick Valerga approached me through the blog to chat about social media. We hit it off right away and I immediately vomited a thousand random thoughts onto him. In retrospect, [...]

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The Hiring Manager Black Hole

On April 14, 2011 By

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 [...]

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