by Donna Fitzgerald | October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
“IT pros always and without fail, quietly self-organize around those who make the work easier, while shunning those who make the work harder, independent of the organizational chart.” Found this quote in a ComputerWorld article a friend sent me (http://tinyurl.com/lm9yb7). While the entire article is well worth reading this one sentence seemed to pertain to [...]
Category: PMO Program Management Tags: Career Development, Mentoring, Servant Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | October 13, 2009 | 6 Comments
I’ve never bought into the myth that obtaining an MBA has anything to do with superior leadership or management ability. So it was humbling to find that my blog post was chosen as an example to help young MBA applicants write their leadership essay. My post said leadership was simple: Vision, Courage and Responsibility, and that [...]
Category: PMO Tags: Career Development, Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | October 2, 2009 | Comments Off
I was writing a review at Amazon this morning and I noticed that a book review I had written a couple of months ago had been listed as unhelpful. The book is good, I said it was good and yet someone didn’t like what I said. Ok, I can live with that. Since I have [...]
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Category: Book Reviews Program Management Tags: Difficult People, Leadership, Power
