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In episode 34 of The Project Shrink Dave Garrett (Gantthead.com) is talking about personal branding. He’s discussing how to demonstrate/prove your specific expertise online in a way that people will link to it as a reference point. You can click here if the episode isn’t displayed below. This recording is the final part of a [...]

“Know thyself” – Temple of Apollo at Delphi “I thought this was a blog about Project Management… uhm … Project Leadership?” Thanks for bringing that up. Yes it is. In my view a project is nothing more than a bunch of people interacting together to achieve a certain goal. And it’s the role of the [...]

It’s weird when people know you from your blog. Conversations get strange. You’ve never met a person, yet you think you know them. You associate them with the agile crowd, the lean posse, the social media gurus or any other label in existence. And presto, you have a whole set of assumptions about your conversation [...]

In episode 29 of The Project Shrink Podcast I am talking to Dave Prior about Project Managers and Personal Branding. Dave is the author of the Drunken PM blog, PMP, Scrum Trainer and past chair of the PMI IT&T SIG and this is his second appearance on my podcast. We discuss the following questions: Why [...]

On “Project Shrink” a recurring theme is “knowing and promoting yourself“. The following postings are among my favorites within this topic: Marketing: Tech People Hate It. Boy Are They Going To Need It! “If your are into software project management, you are into marketing. If you are planning to keep on working on software projects [...]

I recorded this episode of Project Shrink on this lazy Sunday afternoon; a great time to think about how you want to be perceived as a professional. It’s the kind of knowledge that can really make a big difference in your career, but also in life. I am delighted to talk to Margaret Meloni on [...]

Everyone is an expert in something. This doesn’t always mean that you have 20 years of experience. This doesn’t mean you know everything about anything. Being “an expert” is essential for successful working in global, virtual and “usual” teams. So, it’s great that everyone is an expert… at least in something. Yes, this is going [...]

Now is the time to work on your “bounce back”. It is time to work on personal resilience. Whatever your take is on the current economic climate, we can all agree: times are changing. And we all know … (right?) … the secret to coping with change is: MIND + NETWORK! “The resilience from every [...]

Why should people want to work on your project? You know about globalization, you know this makes employees competing with people from all over the world. Have you considered The Other Consequence? That you have to compete with other GLOBAL companies and Project Managers to get good people to staff your projects? If developers, testers [...]