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Three Questions to Assess Your Risk of Project Cancellation
One of the biggest frustrations I’ve experienced as a program manager is seeing my project get canceled. It’s painful to have put thought, time and energy into what I believed…
Prioritize Multiple Projects with this Project Prioritization Template
If you're a project manager (by title or not), you may need to prioritize multiple projects that compete for resources. How do set project priorities? I start by using this…
Closing Out 2024
We love to apply project management concepts to everyday life. As we often say, “Life’s a Project!”. As we launch a new year, you might take a moment to do…

Effective Meetings: Take Control of Unruly Meetings
Meetings are an inescapable part of modern working life, and leading effective meetings is a powerful leadership skill. Clients tell us one of the biggest meeting difficulties they have is…
Project Management: 5 Principles for Project Success
Do you find yourself managing projects when your primary role isn’t formally “project manager”? At work, it could be a new accounting system, marketing effort, or new process. At home,…
Say Goodbye to "Bunch Ball" Decision-Making
Does decision-making in your organization sometimes look like “bunch ball”—you know, when young soccer players swarm the ball, don’t pass, and don’t play positions? Debbie and I have worked with…

Lead Effective Meetings that Work For Everyone
Lead more effective meetings with basic meeting hygiene and an understanding of each other’s meeting preferences.
Five Tips to Overcome the Layoff Workload and Work Smarter
According to layoffs.fyi over 142,000 U.S. employees lost their jobs so far in 2022 and it is climbing every day. Crunchbase News estimates that over 85,000 of them are in the U.S. tech sector as of…
Debbie's Interview by Go Solo
Debbie was interviewed by the cool people at Go Solo. Check out what she says about our customers, our accomplishments, and her best advice for starting, running and growing a…
Six Project Communication Tips for Project Success
You may have read articles on how good project communication is critical to project success. So what is good communication? Here are our best tips to help you become an…