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Info Source – How to Make Your Meetings Better

by Alec Satin

In discussing the value of good, accurate and concise meeting notes, a colleague recommended this link from the EffectiveMeetings.com website.

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What to do when your employer is about to hit rough seas

by Alec Satin
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Elizabeth Garone has written an article loaded with practical advice in today’s Wall Street Journal.
If you have any concerns about the health of your employer, you may want to take a look.
You can access it online: When your employer is about to hit rough seas.
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Dealing With Stress At Work – 15 points by Emmet Fox

by Alec Satin
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If you’re a project manager, you should be familiar with stress at work.  On any given day you may deal with project related stress, organizational stress, and various kinds of personal stress1.
Right now we’re all in a period of global stress.   While the current financial gyrations may not directly impact you or your company (and I truly hope that they will not), it is good to be prepared by making sure that your personal stress-management practices are solidly in place.
I find guidance in many sources. The following article was originally published in the 1930s by the New Thought teacher [...]

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Hey Project Manager! Beware of Fool's Gold!

by Alec Satin
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Yesterday I was speaking with a good friend of mine who leads a PMO1 team of project managers and business analysts.  Sharing stories together often provides much needed perspective.   I came away from this conversation thinking about project managers and fool’s gold.
Fool’s Gold
Pyrite is a yellow mineral resembling gold.  Inexperienced prospectors during the gold rush of the 1840s sometimes spent much of their precious time and effort focusing on this worthless “fool’s gold”.  Others with more knowledge knew how to identify and pursue the true gold.
Power and the Project Manager
Experienced project managers understand the potential they bring to their project [...]

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