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3 Alternatives to Firing Millennials
By Richard Lepsinger
The Millennial generation, those born between 1982 and 2000, is the first generation to come of age this century and the last generation to remember life before the Internet. But this group brings more distinctions than this, many of which are affecting their reputation in the workplace. A recent […]

New Perspectives on Millennials in the Workplace
By Richard Lepsinger
When it comes to what matters most in the workplace, are Millennials really that different from the rest of us?
Among leaders, human resource managers and researchers, there seems to be no clear consensus. Some researchers have concluded those born before 1980 learn differently and have distinct leadership […]

Whose Job Is It to Make Project Management Performance Stronger?
By Joe Hessmiller
Let’s face it… all projects begin in the “red” condition. Odds are they will not deliver what they are expected to deliver on time, or in budget. Everyone, all the way up to the CIO, needs to accept this fact as reality. Although this […]

Kanban Project Management: the Right Tool for Many Projects
By George Ellis
Ever feel overwhelmed by your task list? Whether it’s your daily work or a simple project, think about Kanban Project Management. A Kanban PM Board is a simple visual management tool for many tasks with few inter-dependencies. For example, you might use Kanban project management […]

Do You Flit or Do You Lead?
By Roy Osing
Many leaders don’t lead at all, they flit from this to that, from one crisis to another, from one priority to another. They don’t land on anything.
They don’t spend too long on any one issue because they want to avoid being pinned down for an opinion or […]

The Essentials of Project-Centric Resource Execution for Improved Resource Management
By Tushar Patel
Resource management should start with resource planning. Prioritizing and scheduling people to ensure they are working on the right projects at the right time is critical because it does not matter if you are executing well, unless you are executing on the right things […]

Developing Leaders Who Excel at Strategy Execution
By Richard Lepsinger
In 2006, the NBA introduced a new basketball made of synthetic material. Spalding designed the new ball to be easier to handle and bounce better on the court. Despite the upgrades, many NBA players began experiencing cut fingers and torn ligaments, and the ball was sticking to […]

A Project Manager’s Plea: Please Respond
By Kerry Wills
I have to say that my biggest frustration in the workplace has to be people who don’t respond to messages (or need to be asked five times before they respond). Unfortunately due to workloads most corporate cultures today communicate almost exclusively through e-mail. This causes project deliverables to […]

How To Maximize Change Management Success
By Daniel Lock
Managing a change initiative through to a successful conclusion is fraught with pitfalls. Here are three key change management techniques that help make the road to your desired conclusion far easier to navigate.
Leverage the power of rational self interest
At a key level, corporate business and change management are […]

How IT Managers Can Teach Their Teams to Handle Uncertainty
By Jim Anderson
I wish that I could tell you that there will be no things that happen in your IT manager career that will surprise you. However, both you and I know that that simply is not true. Instead, there is probably going to be a […]