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• Project management: share the burden with your team

  Project management can sometimes feel like such a burden. But is doesn't have to be this way. When only Project Managers support the burden: desktop tools In this situation, the project management tool is desktop-based and only accessible to the project... Posted Oct 01 2008, 07:57 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Making status meetings fun is possible - yes, I promise!

  Regular status meetings are boring: everyone goes around the table and rehashes what they did in the last week or month. No one really cares. If the project dates are slipping, the team wants the meeting to be over with so they can get back to doing something... Posted Aug 20 2008, 09:44 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• The freshness of the first look

  Working on the same project for a long time makes you too focused on the details and disconnected from the big picture. That's why it's so refreshing to have new people join the team. We have someone new at customer service, Michel. He's Micheld... Posted Jul 30 2008, 07:25 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• The power or "I don't know"

  As a project manager, we are the team's leader. It's easy to feel that we should have all the answers. Leadership is not knowing everything. Leadership is knowing where to find the knowledge and the answers. It's OK to say "I don't... Posted Jul 08 2008, 10:46 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• A happy project team means better results for the project

  While it's old news in Europe, happiness at work is only slowly making its way into North American management values. I recommend you visit the Chief Happiness Officer to learn more about happiness at work. At the project management level, it's... Posted Jun 18 2008, 08:29 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Tragedy is made

  The quality of the leader will influence how the team can pick itself up from a misstep and go on. Regardless of the event, how one reacts to it makes a big difference on the consequences it will have. Bad things happen to good projects. When something... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:34 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Going global and the calendar

  Today is Memorial Day in the USA. In Canada, the May holiday was Victoria Day , on May 19th. Since a good part of our business is done with organizations outside of Canada, we have to pay attention to holidays happening in other countries. This means... Posted May 26 2008, 02:18 PM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• It's about trust

  It's easy to say you trust someone. It's harder to put it into practice. Let's say to assign a task to someone on your team. When the teammate flags that task as complete, do you trust her to have completed it, or do you go behind her back... Posted May 23 2008, 09:34 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• PITAs and projects

  PITA is for pain in the a**. People who are PITAs really put a dent in any project. How can you detect a PITA? He/She focuses only on the negative aspects of the projects. What's going wrong, what's late, what hasn't been done correctly, etc... Posted May 09 2008, 09:23 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork

• Harness your team's disgruntledness

  Often disgruntled teams are seen as a negative thing: people are unhappy, their productivity is low and they won't be willing to go the extra mile for their project. A nice bag a lemons, don't you think? How about turning those lemons into lemonade... Posted May 05 2008, 09:00 AM by Karine with | with no comments Filed under: project management, teamwork