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Mentoring

Mentoring how to: Mentor and be mentored!

by Alec Satin
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This month I had my first meeting with a new mentor.  We met after work at the Radiance tea house in Manhattan.  The location was convenient.  The atmosphere was soothing, quiet and conducive to the kind of focused and relaxed conversation which marks good mentoring.  I left feeling hopeful, inspired and ready to act.

Have you ever thought of working with a mentor?  Here are some guidelines.

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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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Phyrric Victory or When the Medicine is Worse Than the Disease – The Project Manager from Hell Series

by Alec Satin
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This is an article in the Project Manager from Hell Series.  Each entry is based on a real life situation. I’ll include what the project manager did, what happened next, and what they could have done to get things back on track.  My goal in telling these stories is to help you and I both avoid making similar mistakes on our own projects.  Ready to be horrified?  Let’s begin.
First A Few Rules About Trust
Rule 1.  If you can’t trust the people on your team, you have a problem.
Rule 2.  If you can’t trust anyone, you have a bigger problem.  You [...]

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PM Beyond the Triple Constraint – Have you Checked Your People Skills Lately?

by Alec Satin
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Why Another Project Management Blog?
As project managers we generally work hard and want to do a good job.  It seems to me that the most effective project managers are able to pull people together.  Their team members enjoy working with them and tend to deliver.  While often innate, such people skills may be learned.  As a project manager, the few minutes you spend focusing on the soft skills in this blog may provide the greatest return on your time investment all week.
My Credentials
I am a working Project Manager (PMP) with 20 years IT experience.  I have a Bachelor of Science [...]

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