I had the honor of meeting Jennifer Lewington and George Pearson while attending the 19th Annual Administrative Professionals Conference in Toronto in April 2018. As a follow-up to my presentation on how to market yourself for promotion and better reviews, they interviewed me for their August 2018 issue. They were nice enough to let me share the […]
Embracing Business Agility – Where do we start?
“It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” — Charles Darwin “Change before you have to.” — Jack Welch “I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I’m around.” — Homer […]
20180619 PMBAW Washington D.C. – BA: First line of defense against a security breach
ProjectSummit*BusinessAnalystWorld Washington June 18th – June 20th 2018 Hilton Arlington Aren’t you glad you weren’t the reason customer data was lost?! Well maybe you are. If security isn’t built into your systems from the beginning, it is very difficult to add it later. You owe it to your customers and employees to learn the security landscape and […]
20180619 PMBAW Washington D.C. – 7 Leadership and Development Lessons from Harry Potter
ProjectSummit*BusinessAnalystWorld Washington June 18th – June 20th 2018 Hilton Arlington Do the circumstances make the leader or do great leaders make the circumstances? In J.K. Rowling’s amazing book series, Harry Potter finds himself rejoining the wizarding world only to discover he has a legend to live up to. Each year Harry and friends faced a new series […]
20180604 PMBAW Toronto – Embracing Business Agility
ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld, June 4th – 7th, 2018, Metro Toronto Convention Centre Your organization is pushing for increased business agility, but what do they mean? It is not about switching to an Agile SDLC. Business agility requires a different approach to responding to and managing change across your organization. It requires teams to think and act differently. In this […]
20180604 PMBAW Toronto – 7 Leadership and Development Lessons from Harry Potter
ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld, June 4th – 7th, 2018, Metro Toronto Convention Centre Do the circumstances make the leader or do great leaders make the circumstances? In J.K. Rowling’s amazing book series, Harry Potter finds himself rejoining the wizarding world only to discover he has a legend to live up to. Each year Harry and friends faced a new series […]
20180511 IBADD – 7 Leadership and Development Lessons from Harry Potter
IBADD 2018, Des Moines Iowa Do the circumstances make the leader or do great leaders make the circumstances? In J.K. Rowling’s amazing book series, Harry Potter finds himself rejoining the wizarding world only to discover he has a legend to live up to. Each year Harry and friends faced a new series of personal and […]
20180511 IBADD – 7 Leadership Secrets from Ender Wiggin (Ender’s Game)
IBADD 2018, Des Moines Iowa For managers, authority is assigned and leadership assumed, but there are big differences between management and leadership. Leadership must be demonstrated and authority earned through trust and respect. Many employees feel frustrated that they aren’t in a position to be leaders, and they often feel alone and underappreciated. In “Ender’s […]
