Archive for April, 2011

In part 1 I explained that there are 5 principles to ensure you get maximum vale from your training assessments.  The first 2 that were covered are as follows 1)      Align purpose with situation 2)      Context is king Here is will outline the next 3 principles: 3. All Assessments Are Created Equal All assessments need to exhibit evidence of reliability...
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Unfortunately, workplace assessments have gotten a bad rap. You’ve most likely been assessed to death and have participated in a number of assessments that didn’t result in much action or create the changes promised. Training application assessments (e.g., Kirkpatrick’s Level 3 Assessments) are no exception. Often, organisations decide to conduct this type of assessment...
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Let the participants decide what they want to talk about. So, we discussed the misconception that you should avoid meeting, we got the role of the chairperson out of the way and decided that we should invite all interested participants, the more the merrier! Let’s finish this series with discussing the use or misuse of the...
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Invite as many interested participants as you can. In the previous two posts we talked about the ‘badvices’ (aka bad advice) of meeting only when it is needed and making sure a chairperson is firmly conducting the meeting. It’s time now correct the following misunderstanding: Badvice 3: Keep the number of participants limited. Sure you have heard that...
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Get rid of the chairperson! The previous blog post the ‘badavice’ to meet less was turned around in “Meet where and when you can”.  The advice was not to bog down meeting with procedures and rules. Get rid of them! Start with getting the right person that maintains them, the chairman! The ‘badvice’ (aka bad...
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Do you also get bogged down about meetings? Get irritated by talkative participants? Feel that meetings go on and on? That no decisions are taken? You are not alone. Despite much advice and a lot of practice, we seems to make the same mistakes over and over again. Or is this advice the reason...
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A big ‘yo yo’ from the master mixer TLPM ‘That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ William Shakespeare from Romeo and Juliet Or to put it another way ‘Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is… (who?). My name is… Slim Shady. Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…...
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Originally published in 1906, The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce offered cynical definitions of terms of the “political” language of the period. As one of the goals of a PMO is to ensure consistent processes and terminology, this posting attempts to provide similar “helpful” definitions of project management-related terms. 360o Communication Communicating upwards, downwards, diagonally and...
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