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Unlocking the power of paraverbal communication at work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You probably already know that how you say something is just as important as what you say. And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. Paraverbal communication involves the use of nonverbal cues such as tone and volume to influence how your message is received.

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5 Reasons Why Using Spreadsheets is a Horrible Way to Manage Projects

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Spreadsheets have serious limitations (and people fear them). While Google Apps for Work and Office 365 have put spreadsheets and other productivity apps in the cloud, not every user is going to be spreadsheet savvy. Once in my career, I was lucky enough to work with a true Excel spreadsheet master. He was a wise man.

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How to ask for part-time hours

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have negotiated going part-time twice in my career: once successfully and once not successfully. In this article I’ll share some tips on how to request part-time hours based on my experience of changing from full-time to part-time work. Looking for advice on how to ask to work remotely? I’ve got you covered.

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The Best Project Management Blogs for 2019

Online PM Courses

When we did our roundup of the 50 best Project Management Blogs in 2017 it quickly became one of our most popular posts. So, here then is our list of the 52 best Project Management Blogs for 2019. How do People Consume Project Management Blogs? It seems to me that the blogs that thrive will offer something specific.

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How To Measure The Success Of A Scrum Master?

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And has created tons of supporting materials like card decks, papers, videos, blog posts, and much more! If you start in a new organization as an Agile Coach, how & where do you start? What made you decide to become an entrepreneur, and what is the added value of having your own company compared to being part of an organization?

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Quickstart To Improve How Your Team Uses Sprint Goals

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So what can you do when using Sprint Goals is difficult? The formats are based on the Liberating Structures "Conversation Cafe", "Troika Consulting", and "Discovery & Action Dialogue". In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective. How To Prepare. How It All Ties Together.

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A Simple Exercise To Define The Product Of Your Scrum Team

Scrum.org

He’s known from the various books he wrote: “ Agile Product Management With Scrum ”, “ Strategize ”, and “ How To Lead In Product Management ”, and the many tools he created, like the Product Vision Board, Product Management Framework, and the Product- and Sprint Goal templates. How to create an outcome-oriented roadmap?

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