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Avoid Predictable Staffing Mistakes in an Economic Recovery


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Payson Hall
The Weakest Link in Your Chain


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Bob Aiello
Why It May Seem Like People Aren’t Listening to You

When you introduce a new policy or give instructions and people do something completely different instead, it can seem like they are deliberately ignoring you. But it might actually be something you are doing (or not doing). Consider three ways in which you could be contributing to the situation.

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Naomi Karten
Averting Rude Behavior—Even if It’s Unintentional


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Naomi Karten
Long-Term Trends: Project Schedule and Productivity on the Decline

QSM recently completed an analysis of how project schedule has changed over time and the subsequent impact on effort and productivity. The results indicate that project size, effort, and productivity have all decreased over time. This story explores the findings and shares some related observations.

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Katie Costantini
Aligning IT with the Business: The Age-Old Debate

The topic of IT–business alignment is a subject that has been discussed, debated, theorized, and proceduralized for decades. Why is it still a topic at all? Well, mainly because of differing beliefs about IT’s job function. How do you define the relationship between IT and the overall organization?

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Eric Bloom
How to Give Instructions So That People Will Follow Them

If you have asked for one thing and gotten another, maybe the problem is the way you gave the instructions. This is the “ curse of knowledge"; once you know something, it's difficult to imagine how it appears to someone who doesn't know. Read on to learn how to better communicate instructions.

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Naomi Karten
Ken Whitaker Presents Leading Software Teams Today at ADC/BSC East

Ken Whitaker of Leading Software Maniacs gave the first keynote presentation at Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference East 2014. It was titled “From Chaos to Order: Leading Software Teams Today” and covered his five tenets of leadership to restore order to product management.

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