Wed, 11/10/2010 - 06:58
Michelle LaBrosse is the founder of Cheetah Learning
There’s a reason that top-performing executives all over the world have coaches. It’s because good coaching dramatically improves performance.
A study by Metrix Global showed coaching…
Wed, 10/13/2010 - 05:30
Napoleon Hill is credited with popularizing the concept of the mastermind group in his motivational book, Think and Grow Rich, which was first published in 1937 during the Great Depression. Hill wrote, “It is literally true that you can succeed…
Mon, 09/13/2010 - 06:00
I was recently watching the movie “When Harry Met Sally,” and there’s that funny scene where Harry tells Sally that she’s high maintenance:
Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
Sally Albright:…
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 07:22
Are you tired of hearing people say that change is the only constant? I think we all need to keep saying it to remind ourselves that we must be ready to keep changing. But here’s the rub: How do we make change stick? How can you, as a project…
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 11:05
You can’t pick up an article or turn on the news without running across the word “sustainability.” So, I got to thinking about what sustainability means on an individual level—not from a purely ecological perspective, but from a humanistic one…
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 11:26
When the summer sun beats down, there’s always someone in the family who reminds you to put on your sunscreen. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to easily avoid getting burned at work? There is. It’s called project management.
Grab a…
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 08:00
There’s a lot of talk about ROI, the infamous return on investment. But the question is, “How can you personally generate ROI in your own life?”
The first step is to expand your concept of what capital is. It is not just a financial term. …
Mon, 04/12/2010 - 09:30
April 22 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. What better way to honor Earth Day than to develop your own renewable energy project? As a project manager, you have the skills to reduce your energy costs and even become energy self-sufficient. All…
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:24
When there’s a lot going on, we often push the fundamentals aside and forget the basic skills that have been part of our success. Project management has been a central part of my own success from the beginning of my career. So, when I’m faced with…
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 05:00
We live in a world where we are often pressured to take shortcuts to save time and cut costs as much as possible. However, the wrong shortcut could end up costing a lot more. Here’s an anecdote to think about:
Let’s say you are running a…