From the monthly archives: February 2012
Feeling stuck in place? I recently saw a PBS NOVA special about a fossil dig at what was once a prehistoric lake in Snowmass, Colorado. Researchers have uncovered a huge collection of bones, many of them mastodons. They appear to have died at the same time, and the evidence is pointing to an earthquake that [...]
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This post focuses on the importance of developing a trusted process while leading change. I attended a great conference at the University of Michigan last week titled Developing the Leaders and the Best. While there, I had the opportunity to hear University of Michigan’s Softball Coach, Carol Hutchins, speak on building teams. Make no mistake—Coach [...]
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We recently faced a deadline: craft and agree on a plan for implementing a new concept that would change our business model—a process that would normally take a cross-functional collaborative team several months—in only six weeks. It challenged our team to agree on a shared vision clearly identify the key elements to deliver determine the [...]
Read the Full Article →My previous couple of posts provided what I hope are helpful tips on deciding when it is appropriate to outsource work and how to select a vendor. This post, the final post in the series on outsourcing, will provide tips for successfully working with vendors. From my experience, successfully managing outsourced project work depends largely [...]
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