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Here’s a Quick Checkup: Where Do You Stand on the Three Elements of Delegation

October 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Whether new or experienced managers, we need to always be mindful of our delegation skills. Most important to remember is that not only can our delegation style change, but the people, tasks, and circumstances can change also. Thus, it is important to periodically ask ourselves “How are my delegation skills right now?” because the answer may have changed!

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Tags: Soft Skills

A Toast to Project Success … and Project Failure!

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Sometimes I wonder if we are too success oriented. In other words, we as project managers feel that we have failed if our projects fail in anyway, and we define ourselves by project success and project failure. This reminds me of children in school striving all the time to get perfect grades. The problem with this is that sometimes failures produce our greatest successes. Do we have a project management expectation that acknowledges that?

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Tags: Project Management Process