Author: Ammar Mango

One of the toughest challenges on projects is managing the change that the project work and deliverables bring about. There a lot of similarities between organizational challenges from change...

Only a day ago, I was preaching here about being awake and present, and it was by end of day that the dose of humility came to remind me...

Once you recognize it, it becomes like a scene from a sci fi movie; frowning face, deep in unsatisfied thought, taking his application from one government official to the...

A friend of mine I met in Monroe Michigan had a hobby of collecting “hidden treasures” as he would call it.  He had all sorts of metal detectors and...

Difficult people are out there, and we are part of them.  People are difficult the most when we do not understand them; their background, needs, motives, and behaviour.  Once...

I have been recruiting project managers for around twenty years now and I still make mistakes in recruiting.   There are no guarantees that the person you pick is going...

A good Project Manager is key to project success.  We all know of stories of good project managers who were able to succeed in leading very tough projects, and unfortunately...

Here is another classic that I love just for fun.  Luckily I seldom had to deal with team members that fit these descriptions and if I did, it was...

In the early days of my career I worked as a construction site supervisor.  Then, ready mix was not the prevailing option and we had cement subcontractors come in...

If you have to deal with a boss who thinks she is too smart for you, at least it would be good to know their weakness to use it to...