Archive for 'Ask Margaret'
Soft Skills – Where do I Begin?
Q) Margaret, I wish to develop and improve my soft skills, where should I begin? A) Thank you for recognizing the importance of soft skills as part of your career development. When you combine your technical skills with soft skills you really do have a winning combination. Now I am not 100% certain which area [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2010 under Ask Margaret, Leadership, Professional development.
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All that People Stuff
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 [...]
Posted: March 24th, 2010 under Ask Margaret, Leadership, Professional development.
Tags: conflict, Leadership, manage people, manage project, margaret meloni, peopology, share their perspective
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Conflicted About Compassion
Q) Margaret, I once read or heard (because I read your articles and I have seen you speak) you say something about trying to be compassionate towards the difficult people in our lives. Are you really asking ME to feel empathy toward someone who is a big flaming jerk to me? A) Yes I really [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Ask Margaret, Personal Development, Professional development.
Tags: act professionally, agitated, breathe, conflict, different perspectives, difficult people, Leadership, margaret meloni
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