The Importance of Project Management in Organizations

All organizations use projects as the way to translate strategies into actions and objectives into realities. Many companies are project-intensive – they live and breathe project management because they are in that kind of business, such as construction, aerospace,...

Inspirational Leadership: A TEAM Activity

Use Your Personal Resources To Ignite Others by Michael D. Hume, M.S. A lot of people (including several of my clients and former clients) are starting businesses these days; others are simply determined to develop more inspirational leadership in their management...

Law 5: How to Create Value

Value is created when you successfully find a way to provide customers with services and solutions that solve their problems. We will be successful in business to the degree to which we render service that exceeds customer’s expectations. Value therefore is the...

Workplace Communications-Safe or Risky?

Do you often wonder why you get information late and when you do,  are you surprised by it?  Or during meetings, you seem to be the only person talking? What is happening to cause these communication breakdowns? Recently I was working with an executive who was...

8 Ways to Increase Trust in the Workplace

So why is it important to have a trusting workplace? And how do you know if you have one? Studies show that a trusting workplace increases employees’ level of happiness, work effort, productivity, and engagement. It also provides an environment that encourages...