101 years ago today, the Titanic failed to reach its final destination. There are many lessons this disaster can teach us about project management, from understanding how “hull speed” may be better than “full steam ahead” to complete a project …
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Delegating is a skill that is somewhat difficult to develop at first. After all, most of us have become successful by working hard, working even harder when necessary, and exercising great self-control in many aspects of our lives. As we …
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You know the feeling. Your manager gives you an assignment, and when you think you have a good handle how to proceed, you go off on your merry way. You’re independent and a great employee, so you come back a …
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A reader asks: I need advice on discussing work quality with my manager, but it’s our department’s collective work quality that I have a problem with. After 20+ years as a software engineer in a large variety of industries and …
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It’s one of the great injustices of Corporate America. Complex processes spring up around everything, and only some of them make sense. As someone with an eye toward improving productivity and adding to the bottom line at your organization, inefficient, …
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A company that doesn’t constantly change to adapt to the environment around it is the equivalent of a sitting duck in the firing line of misfortune and chance. The more fluid a company is in its ability to adjust, the greater that …
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There are a lot of choices available in CRM applications. You can pay a lot of money for your sales CRM if you fall prey to slick demos and fast-talking sales people at trade shows, especially if you haven’t outlined …
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