Way back over a decade ago, when I was still working with a vendor company, we ended up involved in a project that started taking on water and sinking fast. The main reason why? Company failure to …
Do You “Own” Your Training?
- WORK FOR HIRE - I always ask in my Vendor/Project Management Best Practices workshop - does anyone know what these three words mean? Almost nobody ever does. Not knowing what "work for hire" …
Stop Losing Those Training Dollars!
If you could invest $10 to gain $100 (or to keep from losing $100), would you do it? I would. Especially if that same investment could keep my team from embarrassing failures and losses. That's why …
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Align those Expectations!
Have you ever built something that didn't come out quite as expected?? :>) Of course you have. Join the club. In a recent post about successful project management, I explained the fact that we …
Project Confusion: 5 Minds, 5 Meanings
Quick - what's a workshop? What words would you use to express your meaning? If I ask 5 of you that question, I'll end up with five different answers. Why? Because we all have varied definitions, …
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Preparing For the Next (Career) Phase
I recently had a wonderful conversation with a smart professional in our industry whom I’ve known for years, Kari Gearhart. Kari had a long career in commercial pharma (much of it with Merck), and was …
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