Keeping the Peace

Mary Carol read the email from Tisha and was really annoyed. She had just met with Tisha yesterday and everything seemed fine. Now here was this really harsh email. It made no sense.
The most puzzling thing was that working with Tisha was like working with two different personalities all wrapped up into one person. [...]

“There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow… “ CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
Wow now isn’t that the truth? Here is another excellent opportunity to sharpen your conflict resolution skills.
Some of you accept new ideas right away in fact you live for [...]

Q) When would a project manager really have time for all this people stuff like stakeholder analysis and learning team member likes and dislikes? Won’t I be too busy managing the project and working on the schedule and budget? You know, doing the real work?
A) Well before I answer this question, I must in all [...]

The time has come. You have a conflict and it cannot and must not be avoided. Not everyone agrees on the solution and arriving at an approach that moves you and the team forward is absolutely necessary. Now what?
This really does not need to be a big deal. But you do want to set the [...]

Last year there was an unfortunate incident at a military base in the United States. I am talking about Fort Hood. An individual started shooting people. Within hearing range of the shooting a graduation ceremony was taking place. Attending the graduation were medics and other trained personnel. In the midst of this sad crisis, [...]