Articles Archive

2005

Jaw-Dropping Resumes
PM Network, November 2005
Do your actions foreshadow a great resume? To make a difference in your current position, think about how your next employer would view your accomplishments. This article includes a list of questions to ask yourself to find tangible accomplishments to build a really jaw-dropping resume.
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Celebrate
PM Network, August 2005
When was the last time you celebrated a noteworthy accomplishment by your team? For most projects, it wasn't recently. This article discusses the need to periodically pause and celebrate.
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Courage to Lead
PM Network, May 2005
The number-one reason that leaders fail is that they are too soft: they lack the courage to be as effective as they should be and need to be. This article discusses how to muster the courage to lead.
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Original Thoughts
PM Network, February 2005
The most important lesson to learn on projects—even in life—is to think for yourself, to challenge tradition, authority and the status quo professionally and maturely and routinely question your own behaviors and actions. Many—perhaps most—so-called leaders do not consistently think for themselves. Read on to help determine if you think for yourself.
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2004

The Need to Fail
PM Network, November 2004
As leaders, we have all failed at something. We all will fail again. If you are not failing, then you are not growing. Read on to learn more about effectively dealing with failure.
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
PM Network, August 2004
Here's a technique that can help you grow your leadership skills and become more effective today than you were yesterday—and even more effective tomorrow than you are today. This best practice technique, requiring only minutes a day, may seem simple but it is disarmingly effective.
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Communicate Leadership
PM Network, May 2004
Your leaders want you to know—need you to know—the behavior they expect from you. This article provides a starter list of such behaviors. Routinely adopting these behaviors can enhance your image, effectiveness and career—and they make your leaders' jobs easier.
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Role Clarification
PM Network, February 2004
This article describes an effective method to understand the differences in the roles and responsibilities between the two critical leadership positions of project manager and resource manager, and how they can best work together for the mutual good of the enterprise.
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