Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Do you have a vague sense of unease relating to the PMP exam? Or are you not even sure what there is to be concerned about? I remember when I first learned about the PMP exam back in 1999 and took a test to familiarize myself with what was […]
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT I recently played in a golf scramble in one of these community events where you are paired with a total stranger. My golf buddy for the morning was an engineer from FEMA. We were discussing the safest places to be and she said, “Alaska – as those folks are
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Cheetah Learning rolled out the first accelerated PMP Exam Prep program the week of 9/11 – just outside of Boston. We could have never predicted that would have happened the Monday we started class. But what we have learned how to predict over the past 16 years of helping
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Life has a way of forcing the most important projects to the forefront, often times without us even having to do a thing. I’ve been doing an “undercover boss” exercise with Cheetah Learning and taking over people’s jobs for a day here and there. I recently took over the
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT The four minute mile was first done in 1954 by Roger Bannister and it’s now considered the norm for middle distance runners. Before Bannister broke this barrier, it was considered impossible. This is the way it is for most things in life. Before Cheetah Learning created the 0
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT I had the great fortune to talk with one of the Cheetah Scholarship students – Carola Walker on Friday. She responded to a request to chat for our “undercover boss” event to hear from our Cheetah students what most inspired them about being Project Managers. Carola received the
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT A friend’s son, in a project for college, sent me an email inquiring – What Makes Someone Entrepreneurial? Based on being an entrepreneur the past 30 years, here are my four “tells” that someone is entrepreneurial. 1. Insatiable Drive – You have an insatiable drive to create a
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Many of us know exactly where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001 when that second plane flew into the twin towers. I remember it as clear as if it were yesterday. We were out on a break from Cheetah’s first Accelerated PMP Exam Prep course
Project managers often call us concerned about what it takes to become a Project Management Professional (PMP). The most frequently asked question is, “How do I document my experience so that PMI will approve my PMP eligibility application?” We review every PMI PMP eligibility application a Cheetah Learning student completes. This review is part of
Ray sent me an email this AM commenting about my blog post on him yesterday. He was a little embarassed by my glowing praise for him and he reminded me – for him, it’s really all about the success of our Cheetah students. (For me, I like to celebrate all our Cheetah’s – those on
