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Surrounding Yourself with Pragmatists

07.11.2017 by Sandra Hoskins //

As a project manager, your team is often a group of people who don’t understand the goal and have come to the ‘party’ late.  Many of them will have been…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Golden Nuggets, Lessons, lessons learned, project

Time for Reflection

07.09.2012 by Sandra Hoskins //

We left home at 10:45 on Sunday morning for a road trip without a scope of work, a schedule or a list of things to achieve.  I am a project…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Customer Expectations, Drive By Project Management, Golden Nuggets, green project management, leadership, PMP, project management, Team Building, thinking out of the box

PM and Personal Stuff

08.10.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

It is over.  I delivered the video and everyone is happy with the results: the bride and groom, the parents, my husband and family.   My family are really glad because…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Golden Nuggets, Lessons, Personal Project Management, project management, thinking out of the box, Wedding

Cleaning a Child’s Room

07.13.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

I’ll bet you are wondering what the title has to do with project management. Have you ever watched a child who has been told by their parents to clean their room?…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // expectation management, Golden Nuggets, management, project management, thinking out of the box

Fearless Participation: Take a Leap of Faith

06.29.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

In March, two of my grandchildren started taking Tae Kwon Do lessons two hours a week at Iron Fist.  They were so excited when they met Master Sonny and were…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // DIRTFT, faith, Golden Nuggets, project management, thinking out of the box

When Life throws you a curve ball

05.20.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

it is time to swing the bat and hit it out of the park.     Today has been one of those days when you second guess decisions you have made and…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Customer Expectations, expectation management, Golden Nuggets, lessons learned

The Opposite of Goldplating is?

04.27.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

The opposite of gold-plating in the airline industry is ‘anaemic programs for customers’. Last week, I had my first flight this year on the ‘new’ Delta.  I was sure that…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Customer Expectations, Customer Service, Delta, Gold-plating, Golden Nuggets, NWA, project, project management

From Northern Manitoba to SJR to the Vatican

04.17.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

I am asking for your patience while I deal with a serious situation where our politicians, church leaders and the unaffected have managed to put our head in the sand…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Golden Nuggets, lessons learned, management, Ownership, SJR, Vatican

Expectation Management: Reading is optional

04.16.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

Today has been one of those days when my sense of humour has taken several hits.  It can be very entertaining most days but Murphy has taken possession of our…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // expectation management, Golden Nuggets, manners, patience, project, project management

Lessons from Marvin the Martian: The Equipment is Faulty

04.14.2010 by Sandra Hoskins //

Lesson Number 2 from Marvin the Martian.  Marvin was totally focussed on his goal.  To meet his goal, he had at his disposal sophisticated equipment that relied on a simple and easily…

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Categories // Sandra's Blog Tags // Cartoons, Golden Nuggets, Lessons, project, project management, thinking out of the box

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