Anybody out there going to the PMI Global Congress in Seattle? If so, how about if we meet up at the reception below? Never too early to plan.
You are invited to a private reception …
PMI and its co-sponsor the International Institute for Learning, invite you to a networking reception exclusively for Project Management Professionals (PMP®) while attending PMI Global Congress 2006—North America.
Sunday, 22 October 2006
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Room 6-A
Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served
At this reception you have an exclusive opportunity to network with your PMP colleagues, share project successes and discuss the next big project… In addition to the opportunity to attend this reception, the North America Congress offers you over 80 educational sessions to get the most up-to-date project management areas of focus.
Make plans to attend the PMP Reception, find out more about other congress events, register to attend and mark October 22 on your calendar.
See you in Seattle!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
The 4 Disciplines of Execution - Part 4
I have edited the last 3 postings on this topic because I noticed that while I described everything about the Disciplines, I never listed the Disciplines themselves. Sorry for the confusion. Like I said, I updated the prior postings, and have listed the 4 Disciplines below.
They are:
1 - Focus on the Wildy Important
2 - Create a Compelling Scorecard
3 - Translate Lofty Goals into Specific Actions
4 - Hold Each Other Accountable - All of the Time
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Discipline 4 - Hold Each Other Accountable - All of the Time
"Knowing others are counting on you raises your level of committment"
Maintaining commitment to the goal requires frequent team accountability. Traditional Staff meetings won't suffice. You need a better process for engaging the team and reporting on results - the WIG Session.
Key Things to Remember
* Wildly important goals - focus is on WIGs, real work gets done, team focused.
* Triage reporting - quick reporting, socre board reviewed, follow-through, successes celebrated.
* Finding Third Alternatives - problem solving, 1+1=3, wisdom of group.
* Clearing the path - a stroke of the pen for me, "A+" behavior, asking for help.
Click here to read a short article about the 4 Disciplines of Execution wrtiten by Stephen Covey
They are:
1 - Focus on the Wildy Important
2 - Create a Compelling Scorecard
3 - Translate Lofty Goals into Specific Actions
4 - Hold Each Other Accountable - All of the Time
-----------------------------------------------------------
Discipline 4 - Hold Each Other Accountable - All of the Time
"Knowing others are counting on you raises your level of committment"
Maintaining commitment to the goal requires frequent team accountability. Traditional Staff meetings won't suffice. You need a better process for engaging the team and reporting on results - the WIG Session.
Key Things to Remember
* Wildly important goals - focus is on WIGs, real work gets done, team focused.
* Triage reporting - quick reporting, socre board reviewed, follow-through, successes celebrated.
* Finding Third Alternatives - problem solving, 1+1=3, wisdom of group.
* Clearing the path - a stroke of the pen for me, "A+" behavior, asking for help.
Click here to read a short article about the 4 Disciplines of Execution wrtiten by Stephen Covey
Friday, August 04, 2006
4 Disciplines of Execution - Part 3
This week's entry is a continuation of my previous posting regarding what Dr. Stephen Covey calls the "4 Disciplines of Execution". This text is taken directly from FranklinCovey's "The 4 Disciplines of Execution Quick Reference".
"To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before"
Discipline 3 - Translate Lofty Goals into Specific Actions
It's one thing to come up with a new goal or strategy. It's quite another to actually put that goal into action, to break it down into new behaviors and activities at the front line.
Key Things to Remember
* Think new and better. Often, we expect different outcomes while continuing to do the same things. New results often require a creative new behavior. Identify new or better behaviors by replicating pockets of excellence (what's being done superbly well already) or by creating them from imagination.
* Plan weekly. Break down your team's top goals into weekly bite-size chunks. As you plan your week ask yourself, "What are three most important objectives I must accomplish this week to move the team's goals forward?"
* Plug into your planning system. Schedule into your planning system the vital few things you must accomplish each week.
Knowing and doing are two different things.
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Makes sense to me. I have always like the old project management saying, "What is not is writing has not been said". Maybe we should change that to, "What is not in writing doesn't get done".
Any comments?
"To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before"
Discipline 3 - Translate Lofty Goals into Specific Actions
It's one thing to come up with a new goal or strategy. It's quite another to actually put that goal into action, to break it down into new behaviors and activities at the front line.
Key Things to Remember
* Think new and better. Often, we expect different outcomes while continuing to do the same things. New results often require a creative new behavior. Identify new or better behaviors by replicating pockets of excellence (what's being done superbly well already) or by creating them from imagination.
* Plan weekly. Break down your team's top goals into weekly bite-size chunks. As you plan your week ask yourself, "What are three most important objectives I must accomplish this week to move the team's goals forward?"
* Plug into your planning system. Schedule into your planning system the vital few things you must accomplish each week.
Knowing and doing are two different things.
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Makes sense to me. I have always like the old project management saying, "What is not is writing has not been said". Maybe we should change that to, "What is not in writing doesn't get done".
Any comments?