It’s the Old Philosopher’s first appearance here and I wonder what some of you might think about these topics.
Let’s start with this idea:
It’s the Old Philosopher’s first appearance here and I wonder what some of you might think about these topics.
Let’s start with this idea:
What is your mission?
Today is January 11, 2023. I turned 76 this passed November and I remember when I tried to retire back when I was around 64 – 65. Retirement was brief (just days really), awful, boring, and drove me nuts – more nuts than my usual “nuts”.
My Mission has had many aspects over recent years. Here are some points I can still remember:
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Many years ago, I decided that we should not limit ourselves to only three PMOs:
Even though these were very obvious and have immediate value to those who sought more management for these functions, I still thought there could be MORE.
I started writing notes about how to structure and operate these initial three PMOs and came up with two more that I thought could make sense for some organizations and/or institutions:
Attached here is my latest presentation about my thoughts on:
The Five P’s Of PMO
I hope that you will have some observations, opinions, suggestions, even criticisms of this piece and that you will send me your thoughts.
Thanks for reading and, please, stay in touch, bgbg
Bill Gutches, 610-662-5658, bgutches@thepathtoinkc.com
I saw a survey for topics that a technical networking group might be interested in. This survey was taken on LinkedIn by a group that has approximately 2,000 members.
One of the interesting results of this survey was that the topic of “HYBRID WORK MODEL” got ZERO responses while the three other topics received the rest of the responses.
In my mind, I thought that this ZERO result could be indicative or might even be an opportunity. It might be possible that no one selected this topic because there was no interest OR because the audience wasn’t really sure what this HYBRID WORK MODEL was about.
So, I decided to prepare a checklist of what I thought made up this work model and, finally, came to the Powerpoint slides that are attached here for your review.
Please let me know what you think of the presentation AND the idea / definition of this HYBRID WORK MODEL.
Thank you, Bill Gutches
Please feel free to download, review, and give me some feedback on how this could be improved for future use.
bgbg
The summary section of your resume is the first opportunity, in writing, to delivery an effective “Elevator Speech”.
If you have information about a specific position you are applying for with each resume, then you can focus your Summary on those requirements of the job for which you are most qualified. This type of impactful, focused Summary will have a strong effect on the reader if your capabilities clearly fit what they are looking for.
Be strong in your quantifiable claims. Be positive in your attitude to succeed. Be ready to defend your claims.
If you are scheduling or holding a meeting and you DON’T have an Agenda, then I suggest you cancel your meeting and prepare an agenda ASAP.
Usually, there are people who are interested in the outcome of a meeting who will contribute to the items that they would like to have ON the agenda so that you can preview your proposed agenda with them and get their feedback / changes.
Once you have an agreed upon agenda, you can then set up a meeting to invite the appropriate people and send then the agenda before hand so that they can prepare for the topics that will be covered.
At the actual meeting, you will then be able to coordinate the discussions to follow the agenda, take any non-planned topics and put them in a Follow Up or Parking Lot list, capture all the decisions, open questions, and action items from the planned agenda items and, finally, publish the minutes with all the useful and on-topic discoveries.
Just remember that effective meetings start with careful planning. So, prepare an agenda and send it out with your invitations.
Good luck with your Meeting Facilitations.
Based on my earliest interviews, I have added some new questions to my interview plans:
Thank you, in advance, if you decide to offer your responses to these questions.
bgbg
I am working on another written piece where the “working title” is “The Agilist: A Series of Perspectives”.
So far I have interviewed several folks who call themselves “Agilists” and I am collecting their thoughts and forming an impression of how I want to write about this new Job Title / Skill set.
Here is the questionnaire for your review / reference. If you would like, please download a copy and fill it out as best you can so that we can schedule a discussion together. Send your responses to me and I will reach out to contact you for follow up.
Thank you, bgbg
While searching for some other “stuff”, I found a link to a FREE Website Grader tool that does some evaluations on web sites SO I figured I would try it out on THIS website: http://www.thepathtoinkc.com
Please check it out.
bgbg
The price tag for Biden’s Student Forgiveness has hidden costs as well. The obvious cost is the face value of the forgiveness (either 10k or 20k). But other expenses need to be added to the price of the Loan Forgiveness.
A New Mexico judge on Tuesday ordered the removal of a county commissioner convicted of participating in the January 6 riot at the Capitol under the 14th Amendment, making him the first public official in more than 100 years to be barred from serving under a constitutional ban on insurrectionists holding office.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was enacted during Reconstruction to punish Confederate members for fighting against their country during the Civil War. This section states that no person shall hold any civil or military office under the United States or any state who, having previously taken an oath to “support the Constitution,” had then engaged in rebellion or insurrection.
Are more Pro-Trump members of Congress about to be next?