Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope you have a great day full of family, friends, football, and food. It’s been a great year and we have a lot to be thankful for. That is my Dad and my awesome nephew Cayden. Dad’s shirt says “This is what a cool dad looks like”. I would have to [...]
I recently came across a Project Management article by Anna Possek on Dice.com. In her article, she describes project management in a unique way. Here is Anna’s take on what qualities are required to be a project manager: The project manager must be: * a diplomat to deal with conflicts between different stakeholders * [...]
I think that communication and relationship management is THE NUMBER 1 driver of project success. Hands down. Scan the tags in my blog, and come across posts like Four Types of People: Know Your Audience and Managing Scope: It’s Really About Trust, Communication, and Delivery. I saw a quote and it reminded me just how [...]
If you know me, you know that I have a book buying addiction. The other day, I strolled in to Barnes and Noble and saw a career help section set up. I picked up a small book called The Job Survival Instruction Book, which is a book offering “400+ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques” on how [...]
If you remember one thing today to help keep your job and help you stay on top of your game, remember this: Excuses don’t matter. What matters are results. It’s an epidemic. They are everywhere. Don’t be that guy. Stop making excuses, and just go get results.
It was April 2009, and my small consulting firm was drinking frosty beverages and celebrating a major milestone together at a sold-out Springsteen show in Boston. It was my first show, and I must say that at almost 60 years old, love him or hate him, Bruce Springsteen brings an intensity to the stage that [...]
Most of you have probably already seen this video (if your browser doesn’t display the video, get it on YouTube here). It’s message is pretty difficult to refute – the Social Media Revolution is upon us. I mean, the one stat alone that ‘If Facebook (with over 400 million active users) were a country it [...]
I love the concept of this video – taking the best parts of the 25 hottest pop songs from 2009 and create an audio and video mashup that provides a collective output that no single song can by itself offer the listener. I’m a proponent of taking a similar approach to your personal development. If [...]