Bad news doesn’t get better with time, fine wine it is not Nobody likes to hear bad news, myself included. What really gets me though is when I find out the bad news hours or days after the event occurred. I’ve yet to encounter a bad situation made better with time. Within a large organizationRead… Read more »
Free Webinar: Teamwork on the Fly Want to learn how to work effectively as a team, even if your members are spread across the state, country, or even the globe? MB&A Academy Instructor Scott Ross explains how you can build effective teams, quickly, when traditional team building is not an option. These principles work equallyRead… Read more »
Identifying the business value of your portfolio is critical to overcoming hurdles I was talking with one of our Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy partners the other day and he brought up an interesting request from a client. The client was in the midst of deploying a large enterprise portfolio management solution and the clientRead… Read more »
Setting precise and researched goals leads to success and fulfillment It’s that time of year again. The holidays are coming one after another and people are starting to think about how next year will be a little different from this year. I like to begin work on my New Year’s resolutions a little early soRead… Read more »
Just say sorry After writing about Accountability & the Blame Game yesterday I started to think about an important aspect of being accountable which is the apology. I know that there is mixed research out there with regard to the effect a leaders apology has on the organization and the perception of the leader. ResearchRead… Read more »
The buck stops here-the value of taking responsibility Every manager at some point in their career will be faced with the repercussions of the failure of someone who works for them. Whether it is an oversight that made your team miss a reporting deadline or a horrific blunder with terrible fall out written all overRead… Read more »
Stop wishing and start asking for what you want It happens to everyone eventually. You don’t get what you want. Maybe it was the pony you really wanted at Christmas or the job promotion that went to a colleague. It really doesn’t matter because it always hurts, not getting what you want. I think mostRead… Read more »
7 tips for a speedy and productive morning meeting I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on my post about getting the most out of your meetings “The 3 P’s to Meeting Success.” For those that have asked me to be more specific, I’m dedicating this post to the anatomy of a successful stand up meeting.Read… Read more »
Creating a platform that works for you There is a lot of buzz around the word platform recently. From the source of all knowledge (Wikipedia): “Platform technology is a term for technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development.” The key word in here is enables. For companiesRead… Read more »
The key to successful IT and EA There is a shift afoot in the Information Technology (IT) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) worlds towards portfolio based thinking. Organizations are keying in on the cost savings they can achieve by using a solution, like that put forward by Troux, (www.troux.com) in order to realize what is inRead… Read more »