It’s so easy to get into a rut. Whether it’s on a personal basis, a project team, or even an organization, it’s easy to keep doing things the way we’ve always done them. Actually, the brain...
I’m in Las Vegas this week, speaking to leaders from hundreds of companies from around the world. Las Vegas is certainly an intriguing place on many levels. It’s an economy that thrives on tourism and...
What comes to mind when you think of empathy? Do you think of someone who is highly sensitive and compassionate–maybe even too much? Or does that description sound more like sympathy, where empathy isn’t quite...
So when it comes right down to it… what can you do to better ensure that you successfully deliver the projects you’re managing? It’s a question I love working with our clients on, and it’s a...
It’s one thing to know there’s a model for influencing without authority. But how do we implement that model, as leaders and project managers? That’s what we tackle in this second part of my interview...
Episode Duration 29:53 One of my leadership heroes is Ken Blanchard, who is on record of saying, “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” I wholeheartedly agree with Ken, that developing your...
In our last episode, I started an interview with Dr. Ed Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT and author of fourteen business books, including The Corporate Culture Survival Guide. Make sure to...
It happens regularly… my phone rings, I pick it up, and on the other end I’m talking with someone who’s inquiring about bringing us in to deliver a keynote for a company event or training...
I love helping project managers get their PMP®certification. For those of you who have completed that journey, you know it’s a lot of work! There are plenty of you listening who have been putting it...
We all can benefit from developing our influence skills. One of my favorite influence books in the last couple years is entitled Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. I had the opportunity recently...