02
Jun
When was the last time you seriously thought about the words you use each and every day? How carefully do you select them? Now, you might be thinking, “Alfonso, why all this fuss about words? What’s the big deal? The answer is simple. Many times your words have much more power than what you can […]
25
Jun
Every project manager wants to be encouraged and inspired by someone. The usual situation is that if you are not encouraging yourself nobody will. But when we are talking about personal growth: motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. If you want to grow, be consistent. Discipline means being able to make efforts […]
02
Jun
Many of us, as project managers, make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves by dissipating power and energy through fuming and fretting. Do you ever “fume” and “fret”? The word “fume” means to boil up, to blow off, to emit vapor, to be agitated. The word “fret” means to worry too much. It has an irritating, […]
16
May
Everyone could be your teacher is one of my preferred sentences. You, as a project professional need to be ready to learn from anybody else. The concept of PMO has been used to have different meanings: project management office, program management office, center of project management excellence. In any case the PMO needs to be […]
28
Feb
Do you want to be a project manager? First of all, you need to know what are the implications of being a project manager in an organization. Professionals progress in their careers and sometimes become great experts in a particular field, then as a promotion, they are moved to the project manager position without explaining […]