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Jan 24, 2009
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Choices, Management and a Tip on Productivity

A friend once commented that there are only two things we do our whole life: What we must do, and what we choose to do. The truth of this becomes even more significant when one takes an honest look at just how little of our daily activities fall into the first category. Our choices about what we do and how we do it determine nearly everything in our lives.

Time management and project management are similar in many ways, not the least of which is directly related to choices. In project management, the manager makes choices about the use of their own time, and also the use of time by the other members of the team.

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Jan 18, 2009
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A Great Management Tip for Resolving Disputes

Have you ever had to manage a team that has a decent amount of disrespect and suspicion in it?

While the level of productivity may be acceptable -they are doing their job, the level of friction within the team is unhealthy and hinders further productivity.

This can happen in teams made up of diverse groups (such as a subject matter expert, two salespeople, a few administrative support staff and an engineer) or even within a single department (such as a set of developers with different skill levels and different approaches to testing or application architecture). The friction is rarely due to a diversity of skills or function, but rather to a failure to communicate respectfully.

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