Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Over 20 years ago, I had a manager whose presence was an instant energy booster. Sometimes, he'd spontaneously invite us to sit in on a meeting with upper management, giving us a glimpse into high-level decision-making. Traditional management theory often centers around stability, predictability, and standardization.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

At its core, lean project management is about delivering greater value while minimizing waste. If your goal is to improve your team’s lean project management, resulting in greater efficiency and productivity, you need to take a number of key steps. How to Apply Lean Project Management Methodology.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Performance reviews are essential for organizations because they help measure workforce productivity, identify gaps, and address them to get things on track. You may also encounter a high turnover challenge if your review process has drawbacks. Let us share a few performance review strategies to boost employee retention.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2014

It had been an insane but productive year of game-changing projects and really long hours. As I sat on the beach sipping my chardonnay, I vowed to never blow off preparing for a performance review again. 3 Ways to Prepare For a Better Performance Review. I was proud, but exhausted. I was beyond annoyed.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 9, 2021

Construction projects are famously difficult to manage, and this is because there are often so many moving parts. A small issue that can arise in construction can end up having huge consequences, and this is why so many projects often end up over budget and/or past the deadline. Establish Clear Plans. Create A Schedule.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 3, 2023

among many others, published a list of performance review horror stories from unhappy employees and it is hard not to wince at these experiences. Finding the right things to say in a performance review can be difficult, both for the reviewer and the employee, but it is undeniably important for everyone to try and get it right.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2023

.” Try being more specific like this: “When you were working on the _ project, I noticed it was challenging for you to set up the project efficiently. When you delegated the tasks out among the team the timing was off and important parts of the project weren’t done when they needed to be.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 15, 2022

As a manager, you have to give constructive feedback and this is easier when you have a list of performance review examples to guide you. You have to understand effective performance review phrases, how to write them, and a few performance appraisal examples. What is a performance review phrase? Outstanding work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” If we could only choose one aspect of our project to succeed, what should it be and why?”

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2020

Businesses need managers to run successful operations at various levels and across various departments. These managers efficiently plan, manage, supervise, control and monitor business operations. Senior managers need to develop communication, motivational, and leadership skills to further the success of the company.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 26, 2021

In Susanne Madsen’s book, The Power Of Project Leadership , she recommends that you do not fall prey to these three most common traps in project management: Managing tasks, events and processes at the expense of leading people. Being reactive and focusing on the urgent rather than the important.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

Advice: Performance management of remote teams: A matter of trust? The business uses project management and productivity platform ClickUp and time tracking software Clockify, as well as internal templates and documents. How to do effective remote performance reviews How should you address a drop in performance?

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

The process of conducting a performance appraisal can be a daunting task for many managers and HR professionals. While it’s easy to fall into the trap of using generic phrases and templates, truly effective performance reviews require a personalized touch. But what makes an effective performance review?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 2, 2023

According to an SHRM article, managers spend an average of 210 hours a year on performance management activities. With this much time invested into an activity, it is imperative that the results are worthwhile, otherwise skipping the reviews entirely might be ideal.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 11, 2022

Tool #2 - The Nine Box Grid This week, let’s focus on a great talent management tool - the 9-Box Grid. Let’s review each box: Top Talent (1 box, green) — These are your stars, your right-hand people who never fail you and frequently impress you. In the future, these two areas will play a major role in succession management.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 27, 2024

Management Skills Make Hybrid Working Work Managers can face challenges when implementing effective hybrid working. The research highlights the crucial role that management skills play in overcoming the obstacles to making hybrid work and the impact of targeted training.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? And, these questions are important to ask even if there was no mistakes made during the project. What actually happened? Why did this happen?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Although you might excel at managing your employees and overseeing the creation of new products, as a business leader, it can be much harder to cope with your start-up’s budget and ensure that your company and its expenses stay within it. If improving your budget management is on your list of goals for 2024, read on.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Here are 10 factors worth considering when choosing a roof type for your construction projects. This also involves choosing the right contractor for your construction projects as they influence your decisions the most. Having a good budget with correct estimates shades more light on how much the project will cost you.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

With an endless list of employees working under you, figuring out how to write a meaningful performance review can be very difficult. While annual reviews are slowly going out of style, employee performance reviews are still a crucial process that allows employers and employees to track individual progress.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2011

The book also benefits from an Appendix “A Virtual Week in the Life of an Effective Project Manager” which draws wisdom from the body of the book by relating an amusing narrative - a fictitious but illuminating “walk of the talk”. Review by Gordon Harris FCMI. You are not watching this post, click to start watching

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Modern work is inherently project-based and collaborative. We are all project managers to some extent. From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. You’re probably already timeboxing, at least a little.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 6, 2014

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? And, these questions are important to ask even if there was no mistakes made during the project. What actually happened? Why did this happen?

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 7, 2019

A recent article at Harvard Business Review titled, “Why Visionary Leadership Fails,” describes how it is counterproductive to teach managers how to lead change if they aren’t in fact committed to leading the desired change, project, or strategy.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As a boss, manager, or supervisor, your comments do matter. That’s why giving encouraging and success-driven performance review phrases is very important. . Many companies give overall performance review phrases at the year-end, monthly, or weekly depending on what works best for them. What is a performance review?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Managing a construction job can be challenging with its various aspects. Having a clear view and set guidelines are important for a project. Hence, it’s a given to include job costing software for all construction jobs and having regular flow between projects. Breakdown into Groups. Track Cashflow.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

Priority Overload Less effective managers (often micromanagers) confuse motion with direction and “busywork” activity and meaningful results. A management group of a struggling administrative section in a large bureaucratic organization, were discussing how well they’ve done in moving paperwork through their organization.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 5, 2024

Digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in the employee evaluation process, with performance analysis apps allowing employees to review their colleagues. After comparing the reviews with the status of each employee, it emerged that one’s position in the business mattered.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Every year, more and more organizations are ditching annual performance reviews. Think back over the process for annual reviews and how much time and effort they take—preparing the reviews, discussing them, writing them up, sending them through approvals. How to Succeed as A New Leader. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 27, 2017

Everyone has a manager/boss. I work with a myriad of people who have incredible success and terrible issues with their manager. One area I find where most people begin to see the cracks appear in their relationship concerns how they communicate with their manager. Project 3. Project – Due Date.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Setbacks are common on projects — but project managers hold four key tools to understand why they happen and how to help their teams move past them. First, understand the neuroscience behind setbacks to encourage people to learn and grow. Second, openly acknowledge that a setback has occurred to prevent backsliding.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs.

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QAspire

JUNE 5, 2013

Ability to provide mentoring is a part of almost every manager’s KRA. Managers are the glue that builds engaged teams in organizations. But the reality is that managers get so engrossed with lines – deadlines and bottom lines – that they forget they also need to help others grow. Also read: Other Book Reviews at QAspire Blog.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 10, 2015

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? And, these questions are important to ask even if there was no mistakes made during the project. What actually happened? Why did this happen?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2013

One of the participants, an HR manager, raised her hand and asked: “We’ve recently implemented a talent review process, so we’ve done a decent job assessing our leaders, but now we’re struggling with what to do next. Here are 20 suggestions for what to do after a talent review. Do you have any suggestions?”.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Most project managers focus on planning and execution. But large projects rarely go in a straight line, and often that planning doesn’t take into account key assumptions, and the execution goes far in the wrong direction before the need for changes are recognized.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 17, 2024

Present well-thought-out solutions to your manager. Volunteer for projects that address these challenges. Attend company events and participate in cross-departmental projects. This proactive approach shows leadership potential and a vested interest in the company's success. Offer your help to colleagues and other departments.

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