Personal Growth
WHATEVER IT TAKES, TAKE ACTION
Pastor Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, made a presentation titled “Whatever It Takes, Take Action”. That was many years ago. I heard the expression “Analysis Paralysis” for the very first time then. I may not remember all that he said during that presentation but the title and the expression have stuck with…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 5 – Celebrating Small Wins
The first four parts of this series addressed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goals Visibility, Accountability Partnership and Risk Management as key success factors in achieving our goals. I strongly suggest that you read those posts, if you have not done so already, to gain deeper insight into the subject. In this concluding essay,…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from Project Management Part 4 – Risk Management
In the first three parts of this series I discussed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goal Visibility and Accountability Partnership, to increase the odds in favor of our goals, to ensure accomplishment. I would advise very strongly that you read those posts to gain a broad view of the subject. Today I discuss another…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 3 – Accountability Partnership
I do not know about you, but I have been part of some successful project teams. There is that special feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment, when the final project document is signed off, or when the facilities you have helped to build is finally started up and they run successful. It is a moment of…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from The Project Management Profession – Part 2 – Visibility
In the first part of this series I discussed the need to breakdown goals to daily tasks or mini milestones to ensure that we chip away at our big goals every day. That improves our chances of achieving our goals at the end of the year. Today I intend to examine another practice from the…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons From The Project Management Profession – Part 1
The season of goal setting, new year resolutions or whatever term we choose to designate the exercise, is here again. Some of those who take the exercise seriously may have already commenced the process of reviewing the goals they set, or the new year resolutions they made, at the beginning of 2017. The aim is…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Personal Failure
It is popularly said that experience is the best teacher. But it has been challenged by several thinkers. For instance, John Maxwell, acclaimed to be the number one leadership expert in the world, asserts: “experience is NOT the best teacher, but EVALUATED EXPERIENCE is” I will be sharing what I learnt from my personal failure…
Read MorePRODUCTIVITY NORMS AND HOW TO USE THEM
“We used standard norms to estimate productivity and activity durations, but the project is still behind schedule.” You probably have heard that before. Yes, you have used norms to develop estimates and plan the project. You have resourced the project as planned. Why is the project behind schedule?
Read MoreWill Your Business Be There Tomorrow?
In my blog post last week I challenged employees to consider the future of their jobs in the rapidly changing work place. Today, I fulfill my promise to address entrepreneurs. Studies published in the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have shown that only 12%, just over 1 in 10, of Fortune 500 (an annual list of…
Read MoreWill Your Job Be There Tomorrow?
A major transformation, call it revolution if you will, has been taking place in the work place in the last 30 years. It has affected both the employer and the employee. Many employees have not only been rendered jobless but also unemployable due to obsolescence of skills. The prognosis for the next 15 – 25…
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