People Management Archive

  • Credit Where It’s Due

    Credit Where It’s Due

    We all start somewhere.  I remember when I began on my current career.  It was nearly thirty years ago now, sitting at the dinner table with my parents.  My father has been involved in manufacturing management of one sort or another for almost all of...

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  • Managing the “C” Word

    Managing the “C” Word

    Consultants.  We’ve all either used them, been them, or both at one time or another.  Companies love them and hate them.  The pattern is usually something like this: The company needs more manpower or expertise in some area They have a brilliant idea:  Hire consultants!...

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  • Meeting Needs

    Meeting Needs

    How many meetings do you hold or attend with more than a half-dozen people in them?  How useful are those meetings?  How many meetings do you attend where you never actually have any contribution to what’s going on? As a project manager, you fundamentally have...

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