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A New Team Member Joins the Project Team

Some tips to get them feeling comfortable quickly…

When someone new joins the team – be sure to integrate them into the team as quickly as possible. Your goal as project manager is to ensure they feel a part of the team and can be productive – contributing to the project’s objectives.

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Teamwork in Sports and Business

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan

For most of us, our first “team” experience occurred before we were ten years old. It may have been a school soccer team, little league baseball team or neighborhood “pick-up” game. We learned to play the game, and to cooperate with others. [...]

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My project requires me to work with individuals in another country…

How am I supposed to do that?

Amy has been assigned to work with individuals from India, China, and Ireland on her project. She is the project lead for one component of a major project. She has never worked with individuals outside of the United States and is concerned about how successful the [...]

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Growing Marketing Teams

I attended a meeting about identifying and engaging volunteers. Four of the points apply perfectly to Marketing Teams.

1. To Be Fulfilled and Challenged

Everyone likes the sense of accomplishment we feel with a job well done. Providing challenges to employees engenders motivation. The motivation causes the employees to stretch to meet [...]

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A Virtual Global Team in Trouble: A Case Study - Part II: Now What?

Moving the Project Forward

In Part I we started our story on a virtual team in trouble. In this post, we will cover the stakeholder meeting and the decisions made to move the project forward, along with processes put in place to ensure this situation does not occur in the future.

The Stakeholder Meeting

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