Accountability

Podcast episode 057: Tom Peters Speaks Out about Toyota Recalls

March 28, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 057:  Tom Peters Speaks Out about Toyota Recalls

I was recently joined by best selling author and Management guru Tom Peters to discuss his perspective on the Toyota recalls. Tom and I also talked about where other major companies such as Dell, Starbucks, Nike, Apple, Google, GM, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, and Honda fall on that elusive spectra known as "Excellence"....
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Posted in Accountability, Communication, Cost Budgeting, Customers, Global, Leading, Lessons Learned, Organization, PM Books, PM Links, PM Podcasts, PM Websites | 5 Comments »

What we can learn from “Undercover Boss”

February 9, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
What we can learn from “Undercover Boss”

Okay, so I just got around to watching the debut of the new CBS reality show, Undercover Boss, which I recorded after the Superbowl on Sunday evening. I am really not a fan of reality shows, although I did watch the first season of The Apprentice back in 2004 since it had project managers...
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Posted in Accountability, Career, Communication, Leading, Lessons Learned, Meetings, PM Reviews, Teams | 7 Comments »

Podcast episode 052: it’s okay to be RACI!

January 16, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 052:  it’s okay to be RACI!

If you like us, give us a 5 star review in iTunes! In Episode 004 and Episode 051 we discussed the Work Breakdown Structure and how it can help you as a team to clearly document your project’s deliverables.  But once you have completed your WBS, what’s next?  Well the next step is to develop...
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Podcast episode 046: schedule killers – parkinson’s law

September 11, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 046:  schedule killers – parkinson’s law

Get the pm411.org Project Management Podcast Newsletter delivered by email for free! – Your email address and personal information are confidential and will never be sold or rented. Today we continue our series on Schedule Killers – those tendencies and traits of project teams that cause us to miss our deadlines!  Last episode we...
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Podcast episode 045: schedule killers – student syndrome

August 22, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 045:  schedule killers – student syndrome

Today we will be starting a series on Schedule Killers – those tendencies and traits of project teams that cause us to miss our deadlines! And the first schedule serial killer of project teams that we will be discussing is called… “The Student Syndrome!” In this episode we cover: 1.) What is Student Syndrome? 2.)...
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How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables

September 6, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables

Today’s guest blogger, Brian Buck, is an Organizational Improvement Consultant and Project Manager in the healthcare industry.  He is studying for the PMP and hopes his three year experience requirement kicks in before the new PMBOK comes out (or else he will have to study some more)!  He specializes in Lean improvements and loves...
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US olympic teamwork and Michael Phelps

August 11, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
US olympic teamwork and Michael Phelps

  There is quite a lot that we can learn as project managers from the United States Olympic win in the 400m freestyle relay on Sunday. 1.) Stay focused only on the task at hand How often do you or your team members lose focus on your project deliverables?  Don’t get distracted by naysayers...
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Be accountable

March 25, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Be accountable

Lazymale is our first guest blogger on pm411.org.  But don’t let his name fool you – he keeps busy as a Program Manager at a software services firm where he manages a team of 50 people both offshore and in the United States.  Yet he still has time to keep up his own blog at...
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