Personality Traits and Organizational Culture
Culture within an organization, like differences among people, is characterized in large part by personality. This article reviews several personality …
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Popular Values in Organizational Culture
While it is important to have values at the core of an organization’s culture, they must truly speak to who the organization is and wants to be – now …
Continue ReadingThe Effect of Values on Organizational Culture
Values must be something that will enable the organization to be successful, to those they serve, to those that work there, to those that own it and …
Continue ReadingThe Role of Functions in Organizational Culture
Many organizations build their cultures around the strength of certain functions within their organizations. These dominant drivers can often show up …
Continue ReadingProject Management Tips for Avoiding Distraction
Today we are bombarded with more distractions than ever. We must reconcile with the fact that lots of folks are completing for our eyeballs, our time …
Continue ReadingProject Management Tips for Staying Positive
Adversity is a fact of life. We never quite know when it will come but we know that eventually it will. As project managers, we can monitor risks …
Continue ReadingProject Management Tips: Take Action to Move Forward
Minor changes in thinking can go a long way – and so it is with the idea of having a bias for action. The idea of this article is to keep moving, to …
Continue ReadingTips for Consistency in Project Management
In his book “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,” Malcolm Gladwell beautifully illustrates how success comes in spurts. …
Continue ReadingDealing with the Downside of Choices in Project Management
Having choices is both good and bad – and therein we find the challenge for a PM to differentiate between the two sides of choice and guide things …
Continue ReadingHow Project Managers Can Use "Because" Justification
The skill of persuasion is a key tool in a project manager’s tool belt. Learn a counterintuitive trick – uncomfortable to put into practice and yet …
Continue ReadingThe Concept of Reversion to Mean in Project Management
People rely on project managers to fix problems and keep things on track. As a result, they are action oriented, anticipating problems and acting …
Continue ReadingThe Downside of Respecting Authority in Project Management
There is a flipside to respecting authority. If ignored, it can provide a perilous blind spot in our thinking and lead to potentially harmful …
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