Tuesday, September 7, 2010

How to Manage To Do Lists

Most Project Managers have too much to do. So they end up with “To Do” lists all over the place and it can be overwhelming. So how do you manage your “To Do” lists to make sure they get done? Here’s how…
To deliver your project successfully, you need to complete the right tasks at the [...]

Solving Problems Effectively

Your ability to communicate is the most important skill you can develop to get on to the fast track in your career.
Perhaps the most important thing you do in business is to solve problems and make decisions, both by yourself and with other people.
Use A Systematic Process
A major type of communication in the business organization [...]

Developing A Vision For Your Future

What Only Leaders Can Do
The one quality that all leaders have in common is that they have a clear and exciting vision for the future.
This is something that only the leader can do. Only the leader can think about the future and plan for the future each day.
Develop A Clear Vision
Excellent leaders take the time [...]

Listening Power

The art of good conversation centers very much on your ability to ask questions and to listen attentively to the answers.
You can lace the conversation with your insights, ideas, and opinions, but you perfect the art and skill of conversation by perfecting the art and skill of asking good, well-worded questions that direct the conversation [...]

Use a Process to Manage Big Changes

SOURCE: Adapted from John P. Kotter, “Leading Change,” Harvard Business School Press 1996
Good steps to consider when making major changes in your organization. It was taken from the book “Leading Change” by John P. Kotter (see source information at the end of the posting).
1. Establishing a Sense of Urgency

Examining the market and competitive realities
Identifying and [...]

Cognitive Processes

Adapted from Linda V. Berens and Dario Nardi, Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to the Personality Type Code (Telos Publications, 2004) *Used with permission.
The eight cognitive processes are the foundation for psychological type instruments.
Each of the sixteen type patterns has a distinct pattern of cognitive process and development. [...]