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Case Study: A Mentoring Program for New Hires

In an earlier post, Formal Internal Company Mentoring Programs, we talked about the value of developing a formal mentoring program within an organization and some ways to get started. This post will focus on a case study of a global human resource services company that put a formal mentoring program in place to enable new […]

Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization – Part 2

In Part I we looked at the beginning of a high level approach to taking the initial steps to learn about an organization’s project management function. The client, who is a service company, had plans to grow their project management function by an additional 100 project management employees worldwide within 2 – 3 years and […]

Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization – Part 1

When I meet with a client for the first time about how they might improve their project management function, I prefer to spend the first few meetings getting to learn about their organization, how the project management function is structured and perceived, and their long-term goals and objectives.

Let me describe one such meeting.

I […]

What Did You Like About It

A Simple Technique to Get Impactful Positive Feedback

How many times do we hear general feedback comments such as:

“That was a great presentation”

“I liked how you handled that customer issue”

“The sales call went really well”

These type of comments might make me feel good for about 5 minutes, but it doesn’t tell […]