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7 Superpowers Consultants Learn that Recruiters Love
| Posted on June 15, 2018 at 1:15 PM |
There were over 637,000 people in the United States employed in the management consulting industry in 2016, according to Statista.com. With annual staff turnover rates of an estimated 15-20 percent, that suggests tens of thousands of former consultants leave consulting every year to take 'real' jobs at corporations. Corporate recruiters often see f...
Read Full Post »The Story behind my New Book - The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain
| Posted on August 22, 2017 at 6:50 PM |
I'd like to tell the story about my new book, The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (AMACOM, July 2017). I hike and bike long trails on vacations as a hobby, so the Camino de Santiago had been on my list for a while. When I finally got on the Camino, however, I realized it was...
Read Full Post »7 Event Management Lessons from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
| Posted on January 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM |
On January 20, 2017, the city of Washington DC will host the most sacred ceremony in the US democracy - the peaceful transition of power from onepresident to another. The last transition in 2009 attracted an estimated 1.8 million spectators from around the country. At about 3x the population of the city of Washington DC, it was the largest crowd in DC histor...
Read Full Post »5 Project Management Lessons from Ireland's Kerry Way Hiking Trail
| Posted on May 12, 2016 at 11:20 AM |
Last month, I checked off a bucket list item and hiked the Kerry Way trail on the southwest coast of Ireland. Beyond the enjoyment I got from the trail, it also taught me five big lessons that will help me better manage projects at work.
1. Don't Let Bad Forecasts Automatically Kill Plans – The weather in Ireland in Marc...
Read Full Post »What if CIOs Managed Clients Like Restaurant Owners Do?
| Posted on November 6, 2015 at 9:40 AM |
CIOs are typically faced with demands from internal clients that far outstrip their information technology (IT) team's capacity to deliver. Successful CIOs manage their clients as effectively as they manage their own teams. What would IT look like if CIOs implemented these 10 client management practices successful restaurants use to manage their custom...
Read Full Post »5 Project Management Lessons I Learned By Walking Across Spain
| Posted on June 4, 2015 at 11:30 AM |
A couple of summers ago, I hiked the ancient Camino de Santiago trail across Spain. It was the best month of my life for many reasons. Along with a lot of other great things I got by walking almost 500 miles, it also reinforced some project management lessons I learned over the years.
- Less is More - When you are carrying everything yo...