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Teams: Why People Do the Things They Do
Last week on the TalkingWork podcast we interviewed Bernardo Tirado, whose passion is to mix industrial psychology with project management. One of the things we touched on briefly was the Myers-Briggs...
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Are You an Enabler?
I’ve never really thought of being an enabler as being a good thing? Most of the time enabling behavior is couched in the context of someone who enables another persons negative behavior—which is why...
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Keeping the Wheels Turning
As a young man I worked in my fathers industrial supply business. I worked in the warehouse and drove the delivery truck. We sold fasteners of all kinds, nuts, bolts, screws, cotter pins and other...
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Is Being “Satisfied” Enough?
Is a workforce that’s “satisfied” with their jobs enough? Not if you need an engaged workforce that takes ownership of what they do and is expected to consistently perform at a high level. “A recent...
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Sometimes the Smart Plan is to Regroup, Rethink and Retreat
Over the weekend my wife and I spent some time in southern Utah exploring old ghost towns and enjoying some time together. Fortunately, she likes tooling around the back roads with me. We visited one...
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Offering Support to the Community
Over the years I’ve noticed that doing something for somebody else is a great way to recharge the batteries and find new motivation. Yesterday, my colleagues and I spent the day at Globus Relief...
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Working More, Enjoying it Less?
The economic downturn we’ve experienced for the last few years is taking its toll on the workforce. Whether you work in a project environment or not, “Businesses expect a lot more out of their...
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7 Paradoxes of Project Teams and How To Have a Team that Accomplishes Amazing...
A project manager on LinkedIn recently asked what three words best describe project management. Some of the responses I read reminded me of how inspiring and important a project manager’s work can be:...
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PM Resolutions for 2013 and 5 Ways the Workforce Has Evolved
What are your 2013 Project Management Resolutions? Am I the only one who sees the year 2013 and thinks, How did that happen? It seems like only yesterday it was Y2K and yet, so much has happened and...
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