by lewsauder | May 19, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning
One of the most forgotten and ignored aspects of project management is risk management. The project plan and issues log get a lot of attention. And rightfully so. Those are important aspects of a project. If you don’t pay attention to the tasks that need to be...
by lewsauder | May 5, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning
Imagine going to the grocery store where food is just randomly put on shelves based on available space. You might find one brand of breakfast cereal in isle two, and another brand in isle seven. Instead, the grocery store categorizes their products. The produce is all...
by lewsauder | Apr 21, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership, Planning
I have a lot of friends who have Fitbits. They’re those wrist watch-like things that people wear to measure their heartbeat and the number of steps they take per day. Many of them compete with each other on how many steps they get in each day. The implication of this...
by lewsauder | Apr 7, 2017 | Career Management, Communication, Leadership, Stakeholder Management
I once worked for a man who believed that his title gave him authority. He was the CEO of the company and never hesitated to let people know. He always introduced himself emphasizing his title and listed the C-level positions he had held in the past. If anyone...
by lewsauder | Mar 24, 2017 | Communication, Leadership
“I wish I had more meetings to attend,” said no one ever. It has become a universal law that meetings are bad. They waste time. They rarely accomplish anything. Nobody likes them, but everybody continues to schedule them. They are a necessary evil. They are a primary...
by lewsauder | Mar 10, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership
Have you ever watched a president’s State of the Union Address? Regardless of the president or his party affiliation, the President tends to describe utopia. If you knew nothing else about what was going on, you would believe that that particular president was...
