PSM #30: When Things Go Awry
Craig @ May 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This podcast, “When Things Go Awry” examines some of the causes for a project’s failure and what we can do about it. The text of this podcast is located here.
When Things Go Awry
Craig @ May 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Robert Burns wrote in “To a Mouse”:
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.”
We all know this one as, ” The best–laid plans of mice and men often go awry” but i am a romantic and prefer the older language.
But the fundamental truth here is that no matter how carefully we [...]
PSM #29: How To Conduct an Effective Meeting
admin @ March 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The podcast “How To Conduct An Effective Meeting” is located here. The written materials are elsewhere in the blog.
How To Conduct an Effective Meeting
Craig @ March 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We all participate and lead meetings. Some of them work. Some do not. We can plan and execute meetings with the following list.
Plan the meeting.
Define what the desired outcome of the meeting is. Too many meetings occur without an end objective. Consequently, few of these meetings achieve the intended result.
Identify the meeting participants who are [...]
PSM #22: Selling
Craig @ October 17, 2006 # No Comment Yet
We sell ourselves each and every day of our lives. So we are all salesmen and saleswomen. And we have the basic sales skills. This podcast talks through these basic steps to selling. PSM #22 is here.
PSM #17: Best-laid Schemes
Craig @ August 11, 2006 # No Comment Yet
PSM #17: Best-laid Schemes discusses the fact that often times situations arise beyond our control that play havoc with our plans. Sometimes one has to let the situation play out, then proceed on.
There will be no show notes for this podcast.
PSM #16: One Page Management Notes
Craig @ July 10, 2006 # No Comment Yet
PSM 16: One Page Management Notes
? ? How do you know when you have done a good job?
? ? We have asked this question in the past, re establishing plans.
• ? We contribute to the definition personally.
• [...]
PSM #16: One Page Management
Craig @ July 10, 2006 # No Comment Yet
PSM #16: One Page Management discusses a strategy to organize and simplify the metrics you will need to monitor your progress and claim success.
The podcast notes are here.
PSM #15: Negotiations
Craig @ June 7, 2006 # No Comment Yet
PSM #15: Negotiations discusses an approach to negotiations that we can use in all of the relationships in our lives.
The notes from the podcast are available here.
PSM #15: Negotiation — Notes
Craig @ May 10, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Following are the program notes for PSM15: Negotiations.I have made the transition to the Apple iMac from Windows and am working through the best way to publish this information. For those of you that know your way around the Apple environment, I would appreciate your comments regarding how to set up an HTML [...]