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HEADLINES ADDED: April 27, 2007
7 Hour Rule of Project Management for Work Life Balance
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Do you have what it takes to be a top place to work for?
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Becoming a Great Place to Work: What It Really Takes
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Change management a growing headache
Managing change continues to be at the top of the corporate leadership agenda, but with middle managers growing increasingly change-weary, organizations are meeting increased resistance along the way.... Read More
Economic growth slows in first quarter (AP)
AP - Economic growth slowed to a near crawl of 1.3 percent in the first three months of 2007, the worst performance in four years. The main culprit: the housing slump.... Read More
The Power of Design in Building Your Business
P&G is just one of several market leaders, such as Target, Apple and Philips, that equate good design with corporate innovation, adopting design philosophies and reaping the revenues as a result. That's because they realize design is part of the holistic brand experience, a trend driven by the market—especially as pricing and distribution is no longer the competitive advantage it once was.... Read More
Shat-R-Shield product nears end of recall period
T5HO fluorescent lamps available after June 30. Salisbury, N.C. -based Shat-R-Shield is nearing completion of the recall period for its T5 High-Output fluorescent lamps. The recall period... Read More
Business Briefs for the Week of April 23, 2007
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Get Slightly Famous Online Thought Leadership featured in Investor's Business Daily
I was recently quoted in an article by Investor's Business Daily (along with networking guru Ivan Misner). I commented about strategies for online visibility, particularly the strategies I've long advocated about online thought leadership -- a short excerpt from the article follows: Networking Will Go Where No One's Business Card's Ever Gone Before BY MOREY STETTNER 12/29/2006 One time-honored business practice that will really morph in 2007 is networking.... "Another tactic to bolster connections is through reverse networking. Instead of contacting others to pitch yourself, let them come to... Read More
Helping users "feel the fear and do it anyway"
We've said before that reducing fear might be a killer app... making something users were previously afraid of feel less threatening. Wesabe does this for personal finances. Dr. Laurie Kemet does this for a trip to the dentist. And Electric Rain does this for 3D. Our books try to do this for programming. But what about a step beyond that... where you help them do something that just IS really, seriously, scary? Making only things which are friendly and easy is not the holy grail of design. Reduce my... Read More
User Community and ROI
Every time I give a talk, someone always asks, "That's all good and nice that helping users learn is the key to creating passionate users... but who's going to do all that extra work? Who's going to make the extra tutorials and better docs?" Answer: your user community. Think about all the things a strong user community can do for you: tech support, user training, marketing (evangelism, word of mouth), third-party add-ons, even new product ideas. And that's not including any extra sales you might make on community/tribe items... Read More
Extraordinary Contempt and Defiance Beyond the Normal Call of Engineering Duty
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Safety Study Called Inadequate
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board says a draft proposal by the American Petroleum Institute does not adequately address risks associated with construction trailers and other temporary structures in hazardous areas.... Read More
Washington's New Practice Act Is Sixth in the United States
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire on April 21 signed into law a measure allowing only licensed structural engineers to work on significant structures. Washington joins California, Oregon and Nevada as states that have limited-practice acts.... Read More
New York City Plans To Roll Out Proposed Code Next Month
The New York City Dept. of Buildings plans to submit its long-awaited, new building code to the city council for approval early next month.... Read More
Structural Steel Prices Post Modest Rebound
Prices for structural steel tracked by ENR have started to bounce back after sharp declines at the end of last year.... Read More
Project Conflict?
I’ve been reading Dr. Tammy Lenski’s blog “I Can’t Say That!” Her blog focuses on how to talk things out in relationships that matter. It seems that whenever two or more people have a relationship, whether it be personal or business, conflict inevitably pops up. Project Managers face this kind of conflict on a daily basis. One way to avoid conflict during your project is to set up some ground rules for discussing project issues. The first rule should be that you focus on the present and not rehash... Read More
Building Project Team Relationships
Hal Macomber just posted a great article on the Reforming Project Management online Magazine entitled Ten New Rules for Project Mangers. One of item on his list caught my eye: 6. Build relationships intentionally. Project teams come together as strangers. To do great work…innovation, learning, and collaboration…all take people who like and care for each other. Don't leave that to chance. Start your projects by building relationships among team members. Here are ten tips for developing relationships among team members. 80% of your results will come from 20% of... Read More
The Four Barriers to Partnering
Listed below in order of priority are four barriers that can stop you from successfully partnering a project. Barrier #1: Lack of commitment to, or believe in, the process and concept of partnering. This lack of commitment can range from seeing partnering as a waste of time to blatant hostility to partnering because of a belief that it gives someone else an advantage. Barrier #2: Not bringing key stakeholders to the partnering sessions. Key stakeholders include anyone who can negatively effect the project. Often only the project management team... Read More
Project Leadership
Projects are managed… sometimes very well, sometimes not. People are led. That takes good leadership along with good project management skills. Project leadership falls to those people who are in charge of the daily work on your project. Leadership can be difficult to define. We do know that even a highly intelligent and skilled individual can fail at leadership. Another person with solid, yet not extraordinary abilities can soar. When promoting people we need to look not only at their intelligence and technical skills, but also (and maybe even... Read More
Chicago DCAP saving time & trees with CPM!
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TED: Finding Balance
I spent four days at the annual TED Convention (March 7-10) in Monterey, CA. It was an amazing collection of people, including President Bill Clinton, venture capitalist John Doerr, producer J.J. Abrams, singer Paul Simon, Nobel prize winner Murray Gell-Mann, NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and a whole slew of politicians, executives, investors, and celebrities. One presentation I wanted to share with you was called "HOW DO YOU FIND BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE?" I don't necessarily prescribe to all of the speaker's philosophies, but the points he made were interesting... Read More
Great Advice From Keith Ferrazzi
Leona Barad Josh Li was one of the winners of a one-hour coaching conversation with Keith Ferrazzi. Well, the conversation took place and Josh has written up a very nice summary on his blog. Best wishes to Josh in his endeavors!... Read More
Dinner "Alone"
From Mark Goulston Keith was out of town recently and so I had to "eat alone" as a dinner guest of Warren Bennis, who was hosting his long time friend Werner Erhard, founder of est and the Landmark Forum, at The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica. It went so well that Werner invited me to join him and other friends for dinner the next night. All in all, eight hours with Werner, his partner Gonneke, Steve Zaffron (CEO of Landmark's consulting arm), Dave Logan (a brilliant rhetoretician), and my... Read More
Workaholism
Leona Barad Author Karen Salmansohn posts about "workaholism" on her blog. Check out Can Workaholism be as bad for productivity as alcoholism?... Read More
HEADLINES ADDED: April 26, 2007
Blue chips inch up, but restraint caps gains (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on Thursday, helped by a fresh batch of stronger-than-expected profits from companies such as 3M Co. , a day after the Dow topped 13,000 for the first time.... Read More
Eight Telltale Signs That Your Press Release Is Bullshit
Most working journalists have to deal with hundreds, if not thousands, of press releases that cross the transom every year. That's more than they're going to read, of course. And of the ones they "read," all but a few are destined to receive a half-hearted skimming, followed by a click of the delete button.... Read More
Entrepreneurs Can Earn Their Stripes in the Minor Leagues, Too
The Entrepreneurial League System develops business talent in underserved regions by using the farm team concept of Major League Baseball. (Subscription required)... Read More
The CEO Is Jumping Ship, Should You Take Off, Too?
Turnover among senior executives often increases after a new chief comes on board. But a change at the top shouldn't automatically be a red flag.... Read More
Cool Friends: Women Gurus Network
Once upon a time, in December 2004, there was a gathering of about 100 of Tom Peters' closest friends and...... Read More
New E-Mail Scam: Pay Assassins Or Be Killed
--> New E-Mail Scam: Pay Assassins Or Be Killed The FBI is investigating a new scam aimed at extorting tens of thousands of dollars from wealthy professionals. more Update your feed preferences powered by SimpleFeed... Read More
New High Tech Jobs Gain Momentum
--> New High Tech Jobs Gain Momentum A nationwide survey shows 150,000 net new jobs were added in 2006 compared with 87,400 jobs that were added in 2005. more Update your feed preferences powered by SimpleFeed... Read More
Take this job, and compare the pay online
Ever wonder how your pay compares with that of people doing the same job across the street, or even across the country?... Read More
Leadership begins at school
Whether or not you agree with legendary American football coach Vince Lombardi that leaders aren't born but made through hard work, what's increasingly clear is that it is at school that most leaders get their the first taste of leadership.... Read More
INDIANA JONES in Customer Service
She called asking a very simple question. Something seemed to be wrong with the paperwork and she needed to find out about the shipment. After talking for a few minutes, just as the conversation was drawing to a close, our customer service manager said point blank... Read More
Unemployment claims down sharply (AP)
AP - The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by the sharpest amount in nearly two months, indicating the labor market remains healthy despite the sluggish economy.... Read More
NECA, IBEW receive award in Web design competition
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Code Q&A
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