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One day, inevitably, you’re going to need someone’s help at work. If you don’t have the authority to tell someone what to do – you aren’t their boss – then you’ll need them to want to help you. Here’s a few ways to accomplish that, without feeling smarmy in the least bit.
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You’ve got one heck of a big, sprawling project to manage, even if you’re not a member of Marvel Comics’ S.H.I.E.L.D., trying to protect the world. Perhaps you can use some mentoring from the new Marvel Comics-based movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and from last year’s Avengers movie.
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Are you a Buffy, or more of a Xander? Rikki Endsley looks at seven Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters commonly seen on teams and the unique contributions each brings to projects.
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Guidance to help you calibrate the issues to consider in the “Go/No-Go” decision process of canceling or killing a project. Read More

Clever uses of spreadsheets and ways spreadsheets are abused to solve process and collaboration problems.Spreadsheets are great – when you’re creating a spreadsheet. But, writes David Strom, software like Excel isn’t the right tool for a lot of tasks, and vast sins have been committed in the name o Read More

“Company culture” isn’t just a buzzword: It describes the way a group of people work together. You can do a few things to encourage one that’s positive. Here’s a few I’ve learned from experience… and from listening.
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Stop sweating over those overly long humble-brag letters. Employers know they’re BS. Instead, save your sweat for making a lush LinkedIn profile.
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Project managers need to be great traffic cops, coordinators, and problem solvers. When they do their jobs right, they make everyone around them more effective. But when they’re bad — ouch. They can become the worst sort of bottleneck. Tim Walker helps you identify when it’s the project manager w Read More

Federal agencies are teleworking trailblazers -- and while the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 may have forced people to do something, it certainly could not compel individuals to make the program a success. Except, by any measure, it _was_, writes Alison Diana.
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The millionaire rednecks didn’t stumble into their fortune, they earned it. Here’s how you can apply their lessons in your own family business.
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