Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:08:29 GMT https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blogs/466899/the-battle-hardened-pm The Battle-Hardened PM examines traditional subjects in project management from non-traditional perspectives, in hopes of inspiring both the current and next generation of PMs to move beyond their limits. https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/77474/quotes-by-george-freeman-from-over-the-years----updated-version Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:32:03 GMT Although I’ve posted quotes in the past, I decided to update them, removing some and adding others. I kept the list to fifty and would like to know which ones trigger memories from your past experiences and which ones you view as inspirational or humorous.  These quotes are born from e... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/65936/has-anxiety-been-sustained-or-overruled-in-your-life- Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:04:08 GMT In March of this year, I wrote an article called “The Risk of Sustained Anxiety,” where I addressed the purpose and impact of anxiety, along with thoughts on how to mitigate its effects in our lives. And now that we have endured six months of covidian time, I thought I would ask, “... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/57229/strategic-lessons-learned---the-rejects Sun, 27 Oct 2019 17:33:38 GMT For those of you who suffered through my Webinar “Strategic Lessons Learned From a Battle-Hardened Project Manager,” I mentioned that I had excluded quite a few lessons from the presentation due to running out of time. Well, although that is a true statement, the real issue of “tim... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/57134/what-you-feel-vs--what-you-know----the-domain-of-self-regulation Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:02:45 GMT Mindfulness is a popular topic in our profession based on the responses we see from articles, webinars, books, and speaker engagements. However, for many, the topic does not resonate well due to preconceived notions or interpersonal concerns related to the subject matter. In this posting, I’m ... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/55356/project-management-satire-night Tue, 06 Aug 2019 03:50:28 GMT INTRODUCTION Irony is a tool within satire that highlights the distance between the way individuals speak/feel about a topic and the broad issues that are presented by the topic.  It’s a way to pose questions and have challenge-based conversations because it purposely “stirs the ... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/54063/who-are-you-as-a-project-manager- Fri, 24 May 2019 20:34:05 GMT OUR COMMUNITY What would our world look like if it reflected the qualities of our projectmanagement.com community, where diversity (in all its forms) meets collaboration that strengthens and supports its members?  When we reflect on this question, we immediately know the answer – we wo... https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/42979/surviving-the-bends Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:48:41 GMT As many project managers do, I swim from the abyss to the surface every three years to renew my PMP Certification.  For most, this is a gradual ascent causing no repercussions, but in my last cycle the dive computer malfunctioned, leaving me no choice but to rapidly ascend.  As I breached ...