Tag: Leadership
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Project Managent-12: the Final-Repeatable Success in Project Management
By now in this series, we’ve explored various stages and angles of project management. If you’ve gained even a bit of experience — and managed to read something other than the nonsense I write — you’ve likely noticed something: the processes are surprisingly systematic.Every field may bring its own intensity and quirks, but at the…
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Project Management-10: Avoiding Common Communication Pitfalls in Projects
Communication is one of the most overlooked aspects of work life. Yet, the true secret behind a successful project — and effective project management — boils down to just one thing: effective communication. In professional life, it’s not your technical expertise but your ability to present your work that often sets you apart. As long…
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Project Management-9: The Paradox of Freedom:
Free Slaves: The Paradox of Modern Work Life I titled this piece Free Slaves because we, the white-collar workers, are just that — free slaves. Or worse, we’re the tribe members who betrayed their own to ensure the efficient functioning of the system, believing ourselves to be masters. We call ourselves “free” because outside of…
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Project Management-6: Measuring Project Success, Key Metrics to Know
We continue our project management series with a question: Is success measurable?Let’s be honest — to your managers, you’re just a bunch of statistics.If something can’t be quantified, it doesn’t matter. Is that really the case? It shouldn’t be — at least not for good managers. But sometimes, hiding behind the mask of “rationality,” people…
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Project Management-4: Balancing Control and Empowerment
We’ve arrived at the heart of the action—the part the team loves the most: the execution phase. This is where confidence runs high and everyone starts working based on a shared understanding. For the project manager, this stage is both satisfying and, frankly, a bit painful. The joy lies in seeing the plan finally come…
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Project Management-2: The Importance of Project Initiation and How It Applies to Daily Life
When we talk about project initiation, we’re really asking:What will be done? How will it be done? Who will do it? With what? For whom? What happens if we don’t do it? If we do it, will the world be saved? Will poverty end? Will orphans smile? Will crime drop? Will people finally recognize their…
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Project Management-1: Save the World
A new series is coming but this time not overloading like before. Just 10 posts for it. The theme? Project management. Until now, I’ve written and reflected on all sorts of different topics.This time, I thought I’d write about something related to my earlier work, my profession. I want to share the experience. Maybe I…
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