Good article over on Dice.com regarding how Project Management skills trump tech skills...
Read more here...
Read more here...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Being Civil
A local foundation here in Florida, USA has developed a set of "Ten Keys to Civility". These are a perfect set of guiding principles for the project manager. Click here to view their website and find out more.
Respect Others - Honor other people and their opinions, especially in the midst of a disagreement.
Think Positively - Keep an open mind and assume others have good intentions.
Pay Attention - Be aware and attend to the world and the people around you.
Make a Difference - Get involved.
Speak Kindly - Choose not to spread or listen to gossip.
Say Thank You - Let others know they are appreciated.
Accepts Others - Our differences are what make us interesting.
Rediscover Silence - Keep noise to a minimum.
Listen - Focus on others in order to better understand their points of view.
Keep Your Cool - Accept life's challenges with grace.
Respect Others - Honor other people and their opinions, especially in the midst of a disagreement.
Think Positively - Keep an open mind and assume others have good intentions.
Pay Attention - Be aware and attend to the world and the people around you.
Make a Difference - Get involved.
Speak Kindly - Choose not to spread or listen to gossip.
Say Thank You - Let others know they are appreciated.
Accepts Others - Our differences are what make us interesting.
Rediscover Silence - Keep noise to a minimum.
Listen - Focus on others in order to better understand their points of view.
Keep Your Cool - Accept life's challenges with grace.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Principled Thinking
Principles come from natural laws that are recognizable by all cultures. Principles have been around since the dawn of time. They are timeless and aren’t dependent on us making them a permanent part of our lives.
I believe a most of our problems in society come from the fact that many of our leaders don’t live principle-centered lives.
What are principles that are easily recognized? These are a few: Patience, Kindness, Tolerance, Integrity, Honesty, Encouragement, Empathy…
Principles should guide our conduct, and when they do, they are easily recognizable by others. When our leaders decide to reject principles in order to gain power, influence or money, the organizations they lead are in deep trouble.
Many times leaders attempt to put aside principles to get short-term gains. They believe by making speeches filled with empty promises they will gain the trust of others. This happens all the time in our organizations and results in the same mistakes repeated over and over. Having said that, we keep electing the same people to office over and over, don’t we? Where has this gotten us?
Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them”. To solve the tough problems we need to look at our paradigms and habits and be willing to change them. Sometimes this means firing (not re-electing) our current leaders.
Big problems cannot be solved by small people and small mindedness. Remember, principles aren’t values. The Mafia has values, but their practices certainly aren’t related to principles. As Stephen Covey say’s “Principles are the territory. Values are the map”.