By Brad Egeland In case you haven’t heard that one before, “I’m big in Japan” is a way of boosting yourself in some unverifiable fashion. Specifically, it means, “To say/pretend you are someone of stature somewhere else, meaningless and not verifiable where you currently are.” Many are guilty, at times, of overestimating reach, ability, impact, […]
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Watch this short video to see what you can do when you combine passion, focus and your genius. It’s kind of fascinating how many dismiss their innate strengths (stats show only 25% of us are working in our areas of strengths). But it’s your natural talents that can help
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT This is a great video blog for Veteran’s Day as it shares how I developed resiliency from the frustrations I experienced in becoming an Air Force Officer. As an entrepreneur, I am no stranger to frustration – but also realize it is a powerful part of the creative process.
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Anger can be a powerfully motivating emotion – when used to move you to take corrective action in the direction of what you’d prefer to be happening. In this today’s learning byte, see how you can use whatever is activating your ire to your advantage. Mastering how to best
By Brad Egeland Ready for the next career step? There are several ways you can get noticed. There are several ways to get your information out there. And certainly some of those involve just going to a career site and posting your resume. Places like Dice and Monster still exist and by all means…put yourself
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT In today’s learning byte, I show how you can use yours and others intense emotions to your advantage. Being able to bring yourself back from being “emotionally hijacked” is a crucial skill as a leader. Staying present in your executive functioning brain is required for discerning the best approach for
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Have you ever been told, “you’re being too emotional?” Many people shy away from their emotions because they fear if they even acknowledge them they are weak or worse unstable. However, being in touch with how you’re feeling and being able to hold compassionate space and provide wise counsel
By Brad Egeland Have you ever heard that statement made by your project team members? As project managers we often live and die by the percent complete of the tasks on our project schedules. We obsess over them and compare the tasks to the calendar dates. Are we as far along as we should be?
By Brad Egeland Are you a project manager who needs to pitch the concept of remote project management to your PMO director? Or are you a PMO director of CIO or corporate exec building your project management model and you need to pitch the virtual project management team model to your CEO or the rest
By Brad Egeland Project meetings – necessary evils in the world of project management. But meetings are meetings, right? No. All attendees come to meetings because you invited them so they have to, right? No. If you say it’s important, everyone needs to take note and be there, right? No. You’re the project manager so
