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Lowering your bar

Lowering your bar

by Paula Dieli | Oct 20, 2020 | Lower the Bar, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Work Life Balance

Several years ago, I was elected president of a non-profit organization. There were 12 board members only two of whom were from the technology industry. I approached my role with enthusiasm, using the same high bar that I had cultivated in the tech industry where the...
Sharing program status — a delicate dance

Sharing program status — a delicate dance

by Paula Dieli | Oct 14, 2020 | PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Risk Management, Status Report

Program managers will tell you that writing status reports can be tricky, especially when things aren’t going so well. But the status needs to be shared with stakeholders regardless, and program team members shouldn’t view a yellow or red status as a black eye....
When bad news can be a good thing

When bad news can be a good thing

by Paula Dieli | Oct 7, 2020 | Communication, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Stakeholder Management

“I don’t like being disappointed, but I really hate being surprised” said Bill Finch, then Engineering manager at HP. I was a new product manager, in only my second job out of college, and was meeting with him to update him on the team’s progress. The news wasn’t...

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