How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives – Annie Dillard It’s not time we lack, its a reverence for the preciousness of time and a day to day acknowledgement of its declining balance. We live like we are going to live forever such is...
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The last thing I want to hear when I’m down is that I’m down. The first person to know that they are struggling is the person struggling. The Project Team or the delivery partner organisation likewise know when the heat is on – they don’t need a kick, they need...
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How do you get divorced without it being awful, awkward, scary and testing? You don’t. Those things go with the territory and like the arduous climb up Scafell Pike a necessary part of getting from A to B. That’s my answer when a client either directly asks or infers how...
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Concerning all matter of goal setting and declared objectives… If the goal is over a year old and no progress has been made – it’s a dead goal. The illusion of the future goal is preventing the real action taking place around things you could actually make progress on. Somehow...
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You’d likely think poorly of the CEO who had no long term vision for the business.Maybe you would raise an eyebrow to find the MD with no medium term biz objectives or, doubtful of your Project Manager with no plan. Pretty basic stuff really. My old boss used to come...
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The top 5 classic cons, misinformation, red herrings, and self-sabotaging beliefs about time: You will one day ‘find time’ for those things that you know that you need to be doing now.You will never find time. It’s not hidden under the bed, or in the biscuit tin or manifested as...
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The result you want is that people get right into straight, direct and to the point conversation. Holding meetings where we try to winkle issues out without preparation is like nailing jelly to the ceiling – lots of energy expended and little to show for it. Have the Team prepare...
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Common – Unity. That is the root of the word Community. A group of people unified around a common objective. So you are endeavouring to create some community spirit right? What unifying goal or values holds together your project, Board, tribe, team, community? If you, or no one else can...
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Avoiding a performance conversation, not intervening in obvious struggle or tackling damaging behaviour is dishonourable and grossly unfair to staff. An awful lot of that goes on. People know when they are struggling or failing and they’ll know that you know that too. That’s a pretty horrible place for two...
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Ambiguity is reality. There is no such thing as a linear plan or a worthwhile project that did not veer off course. Being OK with ambiguity is a great quality; it allows space to reflect within the uncertainty, choices to be made from judgement not from fear or panic. We...
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