Why I teach
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.’
Benjamin Franklin
The first assignment I give the participants in my Project Management course is to tell me why they are taking the course and what they expect to get from it…
Making the Right Decisions
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
How…
Without Action it’s Just Potential
Throughout my life I have come across some incredibly smart people. In fact, many would call them brilliant. Yet, in many instances, they had done little and accomplished almost nothing. This is very true and equally, very sad.
The problem was that while having incredible…
Of all the things that can keep you awake at night, perhaps one of the biggest is your concern about who you can and can’t trust.
How many times have we been burned by someone we swore was good and reliable? We may even have called them, friend. But then…
“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.” “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.” …
We all have at one time or another dealt with a difficult person. It could be someone close to us or someone for whatever reason we just did not get along with.
We never quite understand why that person wants to be difficult. We think we are a nice person…
This article was originally published in the Design 2 Part magazine — October 15, 2012
I have been involved in projects for most of my working career.
As a college undergraduate, I found out about Industrial Engineering. …
“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” — Lisa Weed
I was always ambitious in my professional career. While I was doing my current job, I was also looking at the…
Remember how you once felt that your boss and your company were not looking out for you?
The pay was ok, but the raises were miniscule and the benefits were so-so. You worked hard and put in extra hours, but got scant if any praise for your efforts. And you…
I just saw one of the largest purges in professional sports. The Chicago Cubs traded many of their highest paid players who were on a terrible losing streak and plummeting towards last place in their division.
I was sad to see these players go. Some were instrumental in winning the…
