Empathy can make a difference in every situation that we find ourselves in as leaders or managers I recently read Geoff Crane‘s chapter 55 ‘Empathy in Project Management’ in the ‘Gower Handbook of People in Project Management‘. It’s a very large book, with a wealth of fascinating information, so I’m dipping into it a chapter …
Notes from an APM Midlands Branch seminar by Elisabeth Goodman About 40 people attended this evening seminar in Coventry on 30th January 2014. The intent was to share a case study based approach of some of my experiences of leading and facilitating operational organisational change projects, and of using Lean and Six Sigma to support …
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End of year holidays – a time to rest and renew our energy for new beginnings The end of year holidays and the beginning of the New Year are a good opportunity to rest and renew our energy for whatever our chosen direction in life! They’ve worked their usual magic with me and my enthusiasm …
by Elisabeth Goodman I’m delighted to say that the first in my new series of “The Effective Team’s ” workbooks is now available. The Effective Team’s Change Management Workbook Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), November 2013 – ISBN 978-0-9926323-5-9 This first book in the series focuses on Change Management. This is the description on the …
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By Elisabeth Goodman It’s been an honour, whilst also slightly intimidating, to have a chapter included in this latest project management publication edited by Dennis Lock and Lindsay Scott: the Gower Handbook of People in Project Management1. Project teams may want to get to “high performance” more rapidly than operational teams As I say in the …
By Elisabeth Goodman HAVING FUN WITH PINTEREST Summer is a wonderful time to reflect and play with new ideas. I’ve been having a lovely time exploring Pinterest for new insights to inspire the teams I work with in workshops. Pinterest has only been going since 2010 and although it already has more than 70 million …
By Elisabeth Goodman The last time I attended a ‘CILIP’ conference was in the days of one of its predecessors: The Institute of Information Scientists (IIS). So it was a real treat to have the opportunity to catch-up with so many people (about 600) practicing a range of careers relating to Library and Information Management. …
By Elisabeth Goodman This blog is a summary of my presentation at the APM KSIG event in Birmingham on 14th May 2013. A fuller write-up, including my and Martin Fisher’s notes on the highlights from the discussion will shortly be available on the APM website. Every project management input and output involves both information and …
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By Elisabeth Goodman Last night I heard Sheri Kershaw & Band at the Royston Folk Club – our favourite twice-monthly music venue. She introduced her first song ‘Colours of Life‘ with the observation that we will all suffer at some time in our lives, and the suggestion that we embrace rather than resist this experience, as …
By Elisabeth Goodman Social Media: putting you and your business at the heart of your community Back in 2010 I wrote a blog about how Social Media could be used as a key tool for sharing knowledge and for business development, and effective ways to go about that. [Social Media: putting your and your business …
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