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Seven Strategies to Advance Your Career with Project Management

Friday, 18 October 2013
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project2Every single one of us does projects - it is how we achieve any goal in our life. How well you do those projects decides your overall success in life. Project Management is not just for people who want to climb high up the corporate ladder; it is a critically important life skill for everyone who wants to make the most of their existence. According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the typical person is only working at 50 percent of his or her potential. Even making a modest improvement in how you do your projects can help you quickly rise above the mediocrity. Here are seven strategies for doing projects that can help you advance in your career and with your other important life goals.     Read more...
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The Pros and Cons of being a Disruptor

Friday, 27 September 2013
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disruptionTechnology is certainly part of your work in the supply chain. I've recently been contributing to a related site named "Enterprising CIO" where the focus is on technology leaders and how they can contribute to the success of their organizations. Here's the lead to one of my recent articles there. I encourage you to take a look at this and the other content. It may be useful to you.

Scott

  

The most effective CIOs demonstrate leadership by being proactive "Disruptors" who introduce new technologies, workflows and business processes to the workplace.

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Whole Body Learning

Thursday, 26 September 2013
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whole bodyAccording to speed-reading experts, we take in 2000 times more information than our conscious minds are aware. We do this through a multiple use of our senses - both by themselves and when used together. The better we can use our body in learning, the better we can learn. This is what we do when we craft learning experiences at Cheetah Learning – we help each student to leverage their whole body to learn faster and more effectively. Read more...
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Have You Been Shut Out by GXS

Thursday, 19 September 2013
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youre outIs your company on this list? If so you are probably already feeling the effects of the disconnect GXS has caused between you and your trading partners. Were you prepared for this and had your contingency plans in place, or did you suddenly find your orders and other transactions missing in action - effectively shut out from communication. Read more...
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Claim Your Power

Monday, 09 September 2013
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ForceHave you ever looked at someone in power and wondered—how did they get there? Is there some special power gene that makes certain people rise to the top of the power hierarchy, but not others? Read more...
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Become Unstoppable with Momentum

Monday, 05 August 2013
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momentumMomentum is a very powerful thing. In physics, momentum = mass x velocity. The cool thing about momentum is that the faster an object is moving, the harder it is to stop. This is also true for any project that you are working on. Accomplishing project tasks (gaining "mass") in a quick and efficient manner (gaining "velocity") can create momentum for your project that can bear through the toughest problems and bring your project to completion. Read more...
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Stakeholders Bringing in the 5th Edition PMBOK

Thursday, 25 July 2013
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stakeholderThe newest and best PMBOK Guide is out, and we are here to welcome the Fifth Edition with a huge bear hug. Call us nerdy, but we like this edition the best yet. Why? Because we think that Stakeholder Management has been put in a corner for far too long, and it is great to see it out in its own knowledge area as it should be. Read more...
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4 Requirements for Trading Partner Cooperation

Wednesday, 17 July 2013
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thumb 4 guidelinesWe all have experiences with situations we wish would be different. Short term encounters are easy to walk away from because there's usually little at stake. But longer term relationships, whether in business or in our personal lives are more difficult to walk away from. That doesn't make them any easier to deal with, but it does provide more incentive to make accommodations and look for ways to resolve differences. And the situations can get difficult when one side of the relationship seems to be bullying the other side. Read more...
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We Won't Get Fooled Again - The Replacement of EDI

Tuesday, 09 July 2013
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ChangesTThe economics of EDI are closely connected with the politics of the supply chain. What started as a utility for moving order information between trading partners has become at times, a battlefield over territories and processes. As different companies and groups determine the most advantageous methods for themselves, there is a normal tension between what's best for one and what's good for the overall effort. And at some point the choices can approach a tipping point at which decisions that had been historically unthinkable become more appealing than following the pressures being applied by the dominant forces. Are we approaching a tipping point? Read more...
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Tracking Your Products Can Bring You Closer to Your Customers

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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long distance connectionFor most suppliers the distance between their product and their consumers is a long and twisted path with little or no direct feedback. In a perfect world, this arrangement would work fine because retailers handle the direct consumer interaction and simply order more product from their suppliers to restock their shelves. And the tight margins, short lead times, localized demand cycles, and global distribution of the supply chain make it difficult to adequately plan production and delivery schedules. What's been termed 'supply chain visibility' has been touted as the answer to many supply chain issues, but is there any reality to this kind of monitoring? Read more...
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