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#347 – TEAMWORK: TRUST, TOLERANCE, AND LEADERSHIP – MALCOLM PEART

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Teams, they are everywhere; sports teams, project teams, political parties, rock bands, military units, the list goes on.  The team isn’t just about the people in the limelight it’s also about the backroom boys and girls who provide logistical, technical, administrative, and sometime moral support to the front men and women.  Even the lone competitor or the one-man-band needs some support; everybody needs somebody sometime. Continue reading →

#346 – RISK RANKINGS – MALCOLM PEART

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We have general risks and, quite often when risks manifest themselves the various militaries around the world are called in to deal with the issues, crises, disasters, and catastrophes that occur.  The military do not enter these on their own volition nor are they of their own making but, in line with the principle that risk is best dealt with by the party most suited, the military are tasked by their lords and masters. Continue reading →

#345 – PROJECT LEADERSHIP: ACTION OR DAMNATION – MALCOLM PEART

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“You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t”.  This was the message from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for those situations when you believe in your heart that you are doing the right thing even if, or when others believe it to be wrong.  This is what leaders do, they lead based upon what they believe to be right and will reap the consequences, whatever the outcome.  Leadership is about doing; it’s about making things happen through the people who follow and enabling those people to make it happen.  It’s also about being responsible for your actions and those of the others who have acted on your behalf. Continue reading →

#344 – FOUNDATION OF GREAT PROJECT OUTCOMES – STRUCTURES – MALCOLM PEART

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Structures are all around us, even chaos has structure albeit fractal.  We humans too involved in structures; not only do we construct physical structures, but we form organisational structures and create civilizations using the social, economic and cultural structures that rule our lives. Continue reading →

#342 – PARTNERSHIPS: HEAVEN, HONEYMOONS, OR HELL – MALCOLM PEART

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When it comes to business Bob Parsons, the founder of possibly the world’s largest domain-name registry, believes that “the best partner is no partner”.  The belief is based on that time-honoured Napoleonic phrase which we all utter, or mutter, from time to time “if you want a job doing well, do it yourself”. Continue reading →