Have the Hard Conversation
There’s a tough conversation I’ve been meaning to have with a coworker for several months, but I put…
How to Interview Your Project Sponsor
Some project managers are lucky enough to be handed a thorough project charter document when they’re first assigned…
Achieve the Goal, Don’t Just Fulfill the Request.
My team was asked this week if a staff person could be added to our project management software…
Help Your Teams Feel Safe Sharing Setbacks
Projects regularly have setbacks, problems, or need some other type of update or regroup. When that happens, how…
Ask Your Boss to Validate Your Priorities: It’s a Tool, Not a Weakness
Last week, I asked my boss for help. I’ve written extensively about the techniques I’ve used on my…
The Virtues of Project Tailoring Can Settle Work-From-Home Debates
You may very well be new to the project management community. But for those of us who’ve been…
More Problems Can Be a Sign of Success
A few weeks ago, I wrote about what to do if you’re overwhelmed by too many problems to…
Closing Your Technical Knowledge Gap
In the last year or two, I’ve started supporting projects in areas of my company that do technical…
Some Hard Decisions Don’t Have to Be Hard
I don’t know that I thought too much about decision-making growing up, because it wasn’t until I reached…
Project Managers, Don’t Solve Every Problem.
The job of a project manager can be described in many ways. One of those ways is “problem…