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Being Positive

by Alec Satin

This morning I found myself once again taking a negative tone in a conversation. A coworker was speaking to me about the benefits of life in Australia over the United States. When I came to myself I realized that I was again spouting facts and figures about the declining US Middle Class (see here, here, or here). All these things may be true. But who likes a pontificator? I sure don’t want to be one.
Negativity as an indicator
When I catch myself holding negativity in a conversation, I’m usually feeling indignation at an injustice being done to some group of people.
This [...]

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PM Twitter Tweets – Revisited

by Alec Satin

Based on your positive feedback from the March project management and career twitter tweets post, here are some management, leadership and inspirational tweets you might enjoy.

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Pleasing Stakeholders Linkfest: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask.

by Alec Satin

(Okay, perhaps not everything. And perhaps you didn’t want to know. But please keep reading – this may be of interest to you.)
Why a Stakeholder Linkfest
This past week I took part in three different conversations in which the success (and in one case failure) of a project could be related back to the relationship the project manager had with the stakeholders.
Key to your success as a project manager is your ability to understand the opportunities, desires and needs of your stakeholders. You may know this intellectually, but is it part of your day to day practice? How well do you [...]

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