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For many of us becoming comfortable with conflict is part of our continued personal development. Here are three tips for you to work with as you continue to make
peace with conflict.

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The women next to me in line said to her friend, “I am so tired of people telling me what I should do. I just want to yell, STOP SHOULDING ON ME!” I could not help but smile a bit. Not at her annoyance and frustration, but at the phrase, ‘stop shoulding on me.’ I thought, “What a great expression.” The expression stayed with me for days. I think it resonated because I see so many of us (me too) put ourselves through all kind of agony over what we SHOULD do versus what we really want to do. I won… Continue

I realize that you know that from a traditional project management perspective the correct words behind the acronym WBS are work breakdown structure. Now since you are going to follow best practices and create a WBS as you plan your project; why not consider using it as a team building exercise?

Team building exercises can be really fun and exotic. You can go learn how to country western dance to build your synergy as a team. You can expand your comfort zone by going sky diving or learning to r… Continue

“Isn’t this all just common sense?”

Wow, good question. This question was asked by one of my students while we were discussing the importance of managing project resources and assignments based on the critical path. And then some really good conversation ensued. This particular student felt that all project management best practices are really just common sense. Others disagreed and still others thought the answer was somewhere in the middle. To some, once they learned the project management be… Continue