Fred was livid with his performance appraisal. He had consistently been a strong project manager in his organization for several years, having received top-of-tier raises and bonuses from Gary, his previous manager. Earlier in the year he was reorganized into a new organization led by Janet, a seasoned and well-respected leader in the company. While Fred’s raise and bonus were respectable, he was not rated […]

If you do this, you’ll definitely increase revenue,” Mark said. Mark was a brash young consultant out to make a name for himself on his first consulting gig since graduating with an MBA. The client, Paula, was an experienced sales manager. She patiently listened to Mark’s presentation filled with consultant-speak and tired cliches. It was the “definitely increase revenue” claim that got her to chime […]

There are many definitions of leadership ranging from charismatic to strict; the common denominator in all definitions however, is that leadership is an art form. Leadership is not born; it is acquired. Leadership comes with the individual personality of the leader. Leaders come in all types, shapes, and forms but each leader is unique in how they approach and develop leadership. Some leaders are more […]

Thanks for meeting with me today,” Ann said as she sat down with Jim. “Sure.” “Jim, I’m starting up a new customer relationship management project and my boss suggested I talk to a couple of other project managers to get some lessons learned.” “I’m happy to help. First off, on my last project we delivered our intended scope, came in under budget and ahead of […]

Leading a team requires diligence, interpersonal skills, and a combination of management and leadership aptitude. While many of those we’ve asked tell us they aspire to assume a team leadership role, virtually every organization we’ve encountered struggles with developing teams. Some teams are dysfunctional; they take too long to accomplish tasks, the work is filled with errors and waste, the costs are excessive and turf […]

RationalPlan is a project management software suite that is available either as stand alone products or as a cloud service. It is used by individuals and companies that need a solution to manage their work in an efficient way. Features added for RationalPlan 5.7   Added company placeholder for printing Updated integration with Dropbox Added printing in web interface for Gantt, Portfolio, WBS and Timesheet […]

All this money and effort is to nudge the target consumer to pick up their product from the retail shelf. But this shelf has more than just your product. So the question is, how can you make your product call out to the discerning customer and engage with them? Remember when the savvy folks at Nestle rebranded KitKat as ‘YouTube Break’ or when Mars rolled out […]

There are a number of things that you, as an employer, simply will not know unless you have taken the time to go to various seminars, listen to various whistle-blower-type health experts, and dig out some information about the vaccine. This article will shine the light on information you may or may not know. The vaccine was instituted under emergency authorization. This is the only […]