by lewsauder | Nov 5, 2014 | Leadership
So you’ve made it. After months or maybe years, you have been assigned to manage your first project. You might have some help. You may have a mentor or two. But like any self-respecting project manager managing your 1st project, you want to be independent. Here...
by lewsauder | Sep 24, 2014 | Leadership
I can’t think of a college class that I disliked as much as statistics. It was one of those classes where it made a lot of sense when the professor explained it on the board. Put a test in front of me though, and I was lost. I would understand it when it was...
by lewsauder | Sep 10, 2014 | Leadership
I was watching my daughter’s soccer game a few days ago and made an observation. I saw her coach standing on the sidelines doing his job. And I saw the referee out in the middle of the field doing his. I’ve never confused the two roles. They each have a...
by lewsauder | Sep 3, 2014 | Leadership
Have you ever played volleyball when one person tries to play every position? He runs all over your team’s half of the court hitting volleys that should rightfully be hit by other teammates. Because he is running to other positions, his hits are bad. He plays...
by lewsauder | Aug 27, 2014 | Leadership
It can be a difficult transition when someone makes the move from worker bee to management. You find yourself going from someone who had lots of tasks and was always busy, to being in an oversight position. Certainly a manager keeps busy. There are plenty of things to...
by lewsauder | Aug 20, 2014 | Leadership
Office coffee politics Once early in my career I worked on a project in which I attended weekly client meetings where we reported our status to one of the executives. This particular executive had an agenda for the meeting each week. He would list the projects from...
