by lewsauder | Aug 6, 2014 | Planning
The Scout Motto is “Be prepared”. I don’t know if a study has ever been done to determine whether former scouts make better project managers, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was a correlation. The most successful project managers I know...
by lewsauder | Jul 30, 2014 | Planning
I recently went on a family vacation to Vermont. Even while I was admiring the beautiful green mountains of that state, I couldn’t help but get distracted thinking about project risk. We were visiting some family who took us on a drive to Stowe, VT. It was a...
by lewsauder | Jul 23, 2014 | Leadership
When the role of project manager is brought up in every day conversation, many people think of the task-master, always trying to get status from the team member, reminding him of just how late he is on his task. One can almost picture the PM standing there pointing to...
by lewsauder | Jul 16, 2014 | Leadership
Imagine that you are planning a vacation from Chicago to visit a friend in Los Angeles. As part of that trip you decide that driving and seeing the countryside will be a great way to enjoy the trip. A little south of Chicago, you get on Interstate-80 and start heading...
by lewsauder | Jul 9, 2014 | Leadership
Do you like the toilet paper to roll up from the bottom? Or do you prefer that roll down from the top? Chances are that you have a preference. I deliberately ignore the direction of the role when I replace it (yes, I do replace it). By doing this, it rolls from the...
