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‘Fusion’ Project Management

Fusion. It’s all the rage in culinary circles, right? Restaurants that prepare great dishes from pan-Asian countries, or pan-Latin American countries, or even European and Asian combinations. All with great, flavorful results. We can bring a similar mindset to the management of our projects. By combining different methods and strategies we can craft our own …

Glaxo’s $3 Billion Deceit

Dishonest promotion leads to massive fine Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and pay $3 billion to resolve federal criminal and civil inquiries arising from the company’s illegal promotion of some of its products, its failure to report safety data and alleged false price reporting, the Justice Department announced Monday. The company agreed to plead …

Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have It? Part 1

For anyone who wants to advance in their career, emotional intelligence (EI) is essential for success. After all, who is more likely to succeed – a leader who shouts at his team when he’s under stress or a leader who stay in control and calmly assesses the situation? According to Daniel Goleman, who helped make …

‘O’ is for ’Oops’

Why did I say that? ‘Oops’ what did I just do? What just happened? When doing a presentation, what do you do after an ‘oops’. You could have gotten too wordy and lost focus, or you went off script and are now lost, or you are experiencing technical problems, etc. So what do you now …

Free Online Stock Videos

Need to add punch to your website? Need a video clip for an email campaign? Need it free? We've got the answer. Just do a little searching on these free stock video sites and you're bound to find what you're looking for.

FEMA’s Pledge to Prepare

Why you should care Editor’s note: The following is a powerful personal story from Dan Stoneking, Director of FEMA’s Office of External Affairs, that speaks to the importance of proper crisis preparation. On Saturday, 29 June, I woke at 3:00 a.m., startled at how hot it was in our room. I looked around and saw …

Embedding Adaptive Change

Every year thousands of change initiatives are undertaken globally in the form of reorganization, structural and procedural change, new product and service launches, and the setting of strategy, goals, and objectives. Yet, according to Harvard Business Review, and the experience of many of us, 70% of all change initiatives fail. The financial cost of failed …

The Ants Go Marching One by One

It surprised me that the ant analogy was one of the most profound things I connected with in the book that I’m reading called 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life. What I loved about the ant analogy is that it’s something that we can all apply to every day …

Buddhist 1st Noble Truth

The first Noble Truth in Buddhism is that life is suffering. There are various off-shoots of this Noble Truth. One I particularly like is: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”. How many of you feel pain, anxiety, stress, discomfort in some way at work? How can you move through those feelings to reach greater compassion? …