How to achieve organizational excellence: Appreciate your performance to unfold your potential
“Kumbaya” – or practicing traditional organizational development About a year ago I told a friend of mine that my new project was in organizational development. He congratulated me and then asked, “so you are sitting in a circle around a bonfire and sing Kumbaya?” and…
2016: what’s to BE
Yes, I do have a number of new year’s resolution. Here is a list of topics I would like to write about: Building a Happy Workplace Forget HR: Why „HR“ is detrimental to organizational health and business growth (and what we need to do instead)…
4 simple questions that can help boost team spirit, performance and results
Every morning our team got together for our morning stand-up session. It had become a daily routine. The structure of these 15-minutes standups was simple: we reflected on our accomplishments of the previous day, our planned deliverables of the new day and any impediments we…
The Difference Between Focus and Tunnel Vision
‘One more click, save the file and then close it.’ This is what I thought and did. Or so I thought. Because, did I really? A few moments later my computer gave me the error message, “file upload not possible”. Oops. What happened? The last…
This Season Give Yourself One of the Greatest Gifts Possible
Holiday Season – It’s the time of the year when we spend extra time with our beloved ones, family and friends, celebrate, exchange gifts, having a wonderful time. And be happy. What is it that makes us happy? Is it the special time of Christmas?…
A Happy, Happy Conference – PMI NL Summit 2014
I have just returned from a fabulous conference: the PMI Netherlands Summit 2014 in beautiful Zeist, NL. It was an honor and great pleasure to open the conference with my own keynote on „Leadership, Happiness and Project Success„. In my presentation I explained why and…
Open Forum Davos 2014: Too many problems, too little solutions
Today was Day 2 of the workshop “Chairlift to Innovation”. The weather and snow were spectacular. In other words, perfect conditions for an innovative workshop. So, what did we discuss today and what vision did we build? Here we go: The Dilemma: Too many problems,…
3 Steps from Zombie Projects to WOW Projects
Wikepedia defines Zombies as fictional undead creatures regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed works. They are typically depicted as mindless, reanimated corpses with a hunger for human flesh, and particularly for human brains in some depictions. A project is a project is a project?…
How much do you want to invest in your WOW project?
It was a long wait. Weeks, no, months. Then, finally she won the long sought opportunity to work on a mega project. A project that not only was long in duration but also involved lots of people and stakeholders. What a challenge! And what a…
Your Path to Happy Leadership and Project Success
Today, 18 September 2013, I will be giving a free webinar for the PMI Information Systems Community of Practice entitled “Leadership, Happiness and Project Success”. Follow this LINK to learn more about dial-in information 2 Ingredients for project success In this webinar I am exploring…