Project Junction

The Democratic National convention kicked off with flurry of lights and celebrity speeches last night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. It reminded me of a scaled down version of the Olympic opening ceremonies with the vast crowd waving mass produced signs and chanting in unison.
[spoiler alert] I’ve seen this movie before. Candidates will make […]

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A colleague at work commented, “You are the most efficient project manager I know. You’re always in control.”

He obviously hasn’t seen me walk my dog, Andy. My dog is a pig headed bull terrier that drags me along on his walk every day. I’ve used every PM soft skill technique I know to coax him […]

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Folks,
If you attended the worldwide conference call last night, I’d appreciate your direct feedback.
+  What went well?
++  What could be improved?
Here’s the slide deck for reference.
Are you a 97 pound PM weakling?

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: softskills leadership)

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I’ll be presenting to the PM Lessons Learned community later this month. You are welcome to join.
Presentation:  Are You a 97 pound PM weakling?
Date:  Thursday, August 21st
Time:  9:00 pm EST
Conference dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#
The presentation will be available via replay through September.

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My Grandpa Joe owned a gas station back in the day when an “island boy”ran out to your car to perform a full inspection of your tire pressure, wipers, and fluids while filling your tank with gas. That’s right, long ago in a far away land, someone once filled your tank while you sat in […]

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CYNTHIA DANAHER divides the people she has worked with over the years into three types:

There are those who say, “There’s a rat in this room, and I’m going to kill it,”
A second group says, “There’s a rat in this room; let’s figure out a plan to kill it.”
And a third group asks, “Did anyone notice […]

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I wonder how Apple runs their decision checkpoint meetings? If their meetings are like our meetings in IBM, here’s how the decision to charter the iPod possibly played out.  “Here ye. Here ye. Now that we’ve reviewed the project proposal for this music system, it’s time to vote.  Let’s go around the table and vote […]

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A respected IBMer named Gia Lyons left our company to work for a smaller firm jive software. It takes nerve to leave the IBM safety net. I applaud her moxie.
The Newcomer Advantage
Should we worry that Gia is no longer an insider? After all, she’s knows our strategy and she’s could attack us in […]

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