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#368 – BENEFITS AND LOW RISK APPROACH FOR GETTING WORKERS BACK IN THE OFFICE – JOHN AYERS

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COVID has changed how and where we work over the last two years. Most everything you read and hear involves Zoom (or similar remote collaboration tool) meetings. The Zoom technology, participants, and companies have accepted this way of communicating. Zoom meetings allow workers to work from home, no more commuting which is a big plus. Companies can hire talent from around the world. Workers can do their job in the comfort of their home. Continue reading →

#367 – EMPLOYER’S RISK: HIRE AND RETAIN TOP TECHNICAL TALENT – JOHN AYERS

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The highest risk today for employers to hire and retain top technical talent is their compensation package. It is common for employers to base hiring salaries and increases on performance. This has been the case for many, many years. This method does not work in today’s high technology world and companies are considering changing to a market-based approach. Hiring top technical talent requires companies to make starting compensation packages commiserate with market wages to be competitive. Retaining the talent requires a market-based approach as well. Continue reading →

#363 – HOW TO MITIGATE CHINA’S SUPPLY CHAIN RISK – JOHN AYERS

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The 21st century, was an era of unprecedented global integration.  During this period, the U.S. became heavily dependent on China for providing low-cost goods to help low and medium waged Americans to make ends meet. COVID-19 unveiled a very serious weakness in the U.S. supply chain with China that was unknown to the general public and most of the legislature. Continue reading →

#361 – YOUR SUPPLIERS CAN BE A RISK TO YOUR PROJECT – JOHN AYERS

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The majority of companies today outsource a major portion (up to 60-70%) of their work scope to subcontractors.  As a result, the subcontractors become a risk to your project because you have no direct control over them. For example, if they start to slip their schedule you cannot direct them to put more assets on the job to pull the schedule back. The other risk that is not obvious is that posed by your subcontractors major vendors or subcontractors. To illustrate this point, this article describes a story that I was personally involved in. Continue reading →

#360 – CROSSING THE RIVER TO A PROJECT MANAGER’S JOB – JOHN AYERS

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More and more companies today are creating projects to perform work. Hence, the demand for project managers is high and will continue to grow well into to the future.

There is a six-sigma approach called crossing the river that is aimed at getting from the near shore (your current state) to the far shore (your future vision). I suggest that you consider using it to get a project managers job. This article explains how to cross the river to reach your goal. Continue reading →