Right Message, Wrong Audience – CIOs are People Who Need People
I read an article on CIO.com that got me riled up. The article, Relationships: CIOs are People Who Need People, talks about how important it is for CIOs to build…
Take Your Own Emotional Intelligence Assessment
A common question I have been getting at my presentations on emotional intelligence is "how do I assess my own emotional intelligence?" Are you curious about your own emotional intelligence…
Working with Difficult People #02
As the second installment of working with difficult people, I'd like to examine some of the profiles of difficult people from Stanley Bing's very entertaining book Crazy Bosses. True to…
Too Much Employee Recognition Leads to High Turnover
My seven year old son recently walked into my home office and said, "Dad, you're pretty smart". The kid is obviously a genius and a great judge of character. Turns…
PMI is Waking Up to the Importance of Soft Skills
I spent some time exploring the new Career Framework Initiative from PMI. The framework is intended to provide project managers, program managers, and portfolio managers with a career path or…
New Technology May Help Prevent Relational Breakdowns
An article on CNET describes technology invented by Nissan to keep drunk drivers from being able to start and drive their cars, thereby keeping them off the road. It got…
EQ and Soft Skills for IT Professionals
My friend John Kennedy was kind enough to pass along an article from CIO magazine called Soft Skills for CIOs and Aspiring CIOs: Four Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence. …
Emotional Intelligence for IT Professionals – 5 Tips for IT Project Managers
I was recently reminded of the ongoing friction between IT and business professionals in many organizations. I say friction but others may call it a tug of war or a…
Check Your New Bosses EQ BEFORE You Sign On
I read an interesting post by Guy Kawasaki about using LinkedIn technology and good old fashioned networking to check out the emotional intelligence of a prospective manager. What a smart…
Developing Others
As project managers, a big part of our job is developing those that work for us. I have been thinking a lot about that topic lately and have explored it…