Even in small projects, one single person cannot be an expert at everything. This is why small businesses hire accountants, lawyers, and other specialists to do supporting work. Leaving these tasks to others helps the business owner and employees focus on what they’re good at. However, there will come a time when your weakness may […]
You might have noticed a short blogging hiatus here on the Fellowstream blog. That’s because my husband and I just had our first baby last month. Meet Eleanor, our beautiful bundle of joy: Obviously, she’s a keeper.
It doesn’t matter what kind of work you do, you must work with other people. And inevitably, this will cause conflict. You and a teammate will not see eye to eye on an issue, which will cause both of you frustration. It can be as little as how to file a report to as big […]
I’ve worked on a lot of software projects, both online and in the gaming world, as a project manager. “Project manager” is one of those vague-sounding jobs that a lot of people don’t understand. I could go on and on about how a project manager is about delivering a quality product within a determined timeframe, […]
I’ve been working a project with a developer who has been particularly hard to work with. It’s not like he’s incompetent, quite the opposite – he has a track record of success. He also ships great products. The problem is that he does not communicate well. And when you’re getting down to the final days […]
I’m at a key point of my career that I’m sure many of you are intimately familiar: there is too much to do. Too far behind in one project, too many tasks left undone, and too much going on in my personal life. A few months ago, I was trying to do it all, and […]
Catching up on my reader feed, I caught this article on Harvard Business Review about Stopping Theft at Work. At first I thought we were talking pens and paper, but the article focuses on a much more troubling (and more common) type of work theft: stealing credit from others. Stealing recognition from your co-workers might […]
While working on a collaborative writing project the other day, my co-worker came up with some new article titles. I took one look at them and dismissed them out of hand. These kind of interactions happen all the time in project management. A teammate comes up with a great idea, approaches a manager with it, […]
This Monday morning, it was difficult to crawl out of bed. Despite the fact that I got plenty of rest, felt physically fine, and was working within my routine, I just couldn’t find my get up ‘n’ go. It took me a full two hours after making it to my desk to feel human again, […]
Sometimes, change takes us by surprise. We wake up one morning, and boom! Life is different. It can be good or bad change, but either way, there’s no way to prepare for it. Sudden change isn’t the only type of change we encounter. Oftentimes, we see change coming from a mile ahead. Two weeks left […]
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