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Project Communication – Email Accountability Check

by Josh

Time to hold my feet to the fire.

Recently I wrote a post about email communication on projects.  My focus was for co-located teams and my aversion to using email as a primary communication mechanism for this kind of project environment.

I’ve been with my new team for about 6 weeks now and decided it was time to see if I was walking the talk….

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Why Do They Ignore My Email?

by Josh May 25, 2010 Communication

You were talking about a specific topic in a meeting, and half the room didn’t know what you were talking about. “Didn’t you get my email?” you chided in frustration. What’s wrong here?

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Are You New to Project Management?

by Josh April 17, 2009 Career

I received an email from someone the other day who is very interested in becoming a project manager. She doesn’t have any experience in the field yet, and wanted some advice on how to proceed. She assumed that the PMP exam is what she should be looking into getting. She mentioned that she is saving [...]

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Saying Goodbye at Work – 6 Tips When Someone Leaves

by Alec Satin, PMP April 8, 2009 Career

My friend called this morning for advice.  He couldn’t understand why the email he had sent to a person he met Friday had been returned.  It turns out that the person had been fired without notice late Friday afternoon.  Perhaps she worked for one of the Bobs (Bob Slydell and Bob Porter) from Office Space. [...]

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