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Decision Making with Criteria and Weight
If you need to make an important decision, the following can help: Identify the criteria Identify the weighting of each criteria Rate your options against the criteria and multiply by the weightings For example, when I was giving input on hiring our PUM, Read More...
Posted 06 May 08 08:01 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Monthly Improvement Sprints
Each month I pick a focus or a theme for my improvement sprint.  I find it's easier to start and stop a new sprint each month, rather than start in the middle of a month and try and remember when to stop.  I also like the fact that each month Read More...
Posted 28 April 08 09:11 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Tests for Success
How do you identify the bull's-eye among your stakeholders?  Nothing's worse than finishing a project and missing the mark you didn't know was there. At patterns & practices, one of our effective project practices is to use "tests for success" Read More...
Posted 26 March 08 03:28 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Turning Chickens into Pigs
Have you ever been on a project where key stakeholders don't have skin in the game, but they have a controlling vote?  This is a bad situation.  It's like multiple backseat drivers, except they won't be there if the car crashes.  What's Read More...
Posted 25 March 08 04:49 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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How To Differentiate
How can you differentiate what you do?  This can be particularly difficult in problem spaces that seem over-crowded.  It helps if you have a frame.  One of my mentors gave me a useful lens for differentiating that helps solve this problem. Read More...
Posted 24 March 08 03:50 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Life Frame
What is your life frame?  What are the key buckets in your life that you need to balance across?  If you have a frame, you can balance your life through thick and through thin.  If you have a life frame, you can more thoughtfully allocate Read More...
Posted 20 March 08 05:53 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Success is When the Response Meets the Challenge
I know success means a lot of things to a lot of people.  My favorite definition is "s uccess is when the response meets the challenge." Read More...
Posted 19 March 08 09:07 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Adapt, Adjust, or Avoid
How do you make the most of any situation? Figure out whether you need to adapt, adjust or avoid. Adapting to the Situation Adapting to the situation, means changing yourself for the situation. While flexibility is good, you need to be careful. You can Read More...
Posted 19 March 08 06:48 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Win the Heart, the Mind Follows
How do you get the people on your side or inspire a vision or change the world?  First win the heart.  I'm blogging on this because it's a lesson I've learned that shows up in so many ways, time and again.  I see it in thought leaders.  Read More...
Posted 18 March 08 09:37 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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5 Keys to Improving Your Reading Speed
How can you read faster while improving your comprehension? A few of my colleagues who follow my Book Share blog asked me how I read books. Simply put, I don't focus on reading faster. I focus on learning faster. 5 Tips for Reading Faster Here's the five Read More...
Posted 19 February 08 07:25 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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Start With Something Simple
What's the best way to build momentum and get results? Start with something simple. Seriously. I get to see folks who get results and those who don't. The difference nine times out of ten isn't smarts. It's simply action. The smart folks who don't get Read More...
Posted 10 February 08 01:59 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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The Change Frame
How do you improve your results?  How do you consistently increase your success?  Have you ever wondered why somebody's *advice* was useless for you at the time?  Maybe, they were giving you ideas to change your thinking when what you really Read More...
Posted 04 February 08 04:00 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Use the System to Educate
Hitting a wall?  Sometimes pushing an idea from the inside-out, doesn't work.  Sometimes you need an outside-in approach.  One of my mentors has a simple way to phrase this -- "Use the system to educate." Examples Use customers Read More...
Posted 02 February 08 09:25 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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The Zen of Results
Are you ahead of the game, or falling behind? Are you getting the results you want? As a follow on to The Zen of Zero Mail , this post is about task management and personal productivity. It's simple by design, but proven effective over time. Slides Based Read More...
Posted 30 January 08 09:31 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Don't Tell ... Ask
If you coach others or you need to encourage change or if you need to change yourself, the key is to use questions. Lead others to their own insight or your advice may fall on deaf ears. Here's a few of my posts I've been referencing lately that explain Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 06:53 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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