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Book Recommendation: “The Manager’s Book Of Decencies” by Steve Harrison

One of the best leadership books I have ever read is: The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies, by Steve Harrison (McGraw-Hill), for all project managers, team leaders, and executives. Steve Harrison is Chairman of Lee, Hecht, Harrison, the premier career management and leadership consulting firm. He is also the former [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:35-04:00 April 22nd, 2012|Books|0 Comments

Upcoming Agile Events In Manhattan in April 2012

1) NYC SCRUM Users Group  Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, April 10th, 6:00 PM Topic: - Intro to Business Value Engineering  Speaker:  Joe Little of Kitty Hawk Consulting Location: EURO RSCG, 350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor Meeting Leader: Rob Purdie ==> Registration Link   2) PMI NYC "Agile: Your Tough Questions Answered"  Presenter: Mark C. Layton, CST, Platinum Edge, Inc.  (recognized globally as Mr. AgileTM) Day/Date: Monday, April 9th Time: [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:35-04:00 April 1st, 2012|Agile, blog, knowledge, Uncategorized|1 Comment

My highlights of the PMI Annual North American Congress 2011 in Dallas — What were yours?

  I attended another great PMI conference (my third-in-a-row) in Dallas last week. If you attended also, Please share Your Highlights in the "Leave a Reply" box. 1. Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Blink," "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers." Much of his talk was about Steve Jobs, and how he felt that Jobs epitomized the [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:36-04:00 October 29th, 2011|Agile, Books, knowledge|7 Comments

Top 10 Trainer’s Tips For PMs Giving Presentations

How many times have you attended presentations where the presenter knew the content, but the slides were too busy, or there were technical glitches which distracted the audience? I have given hundreds of classes and presentations, and also taught many Train The Trainer classes.  And I've put my best 10 tips into an article: "Top 10 Trainer's Tips For PMs Giving [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:39-04:00 June 21st, 2011|knowledge, podcasts|0 Comments

Big change coming to the PMP test: How can my book help you?

Per PMI's Announcement there are significant changes coming to the PMP exam effective Aug. 31st, especially that there will no longer be a separate section on Ethics.  Instead, Ethics  & Social Responsibility questions will be interspersed throughout the 5 Process Group sections (making the test harder!)  HOW MY BOOK CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS CHANGE:  My book,  "The Project Management Answer Book" offers  an extensive chapter on Ethics (much [...]

By | 2017-06-17T18:12:39-04:00 June 15th, 2011|knowledge, podcasts|0 Comments

Podcast interview about ~The PM Answer Book~ for “The PM Podcast” (with host Cornelius Fichtner)

Cornelius interviews me about my new book, "The Project Management Answer Book," and we go into detail on several of the Q&As in the book. We also discuss the upcoming changes to the PMP test (effective Aug. 31, 2011). And Cornelius tells his listeners how they have 2 chances to win a free copy of the book!

By | 2011-02-02T20:00:40-05:00 February 2nd, 2011|podcasts|0 Comments