Gerald Van Dielen

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A Clear Vision

When managing a company, it is important that the company is heading in the right direction. One way that this can be accomplished is by having a clear vision of who the company is.

Some questions to ask yourself when writing a company mission statement:

1. Who will the company be in 5 years? 10 years? Where do I want the company to go?

2. Are the customers, employees, and company all winners?

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Leadership

What are the traits of a good leader?

One important trait is Adaptability. There are going to be problems and unforeseen issues that come up on any project. How quickly you work through them and guide the team to a successful solution will determine how well the project proceeds.

What do you see as the most important trait in a leader?

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Lindsey Stirling

Some awesome violin playing

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Gerald Van Dielen and Tumblr are celebrating 1 year together!

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Important Tools for Project Management: Effective Communication

Communication is definitely one of the most important skills that you need to develop to be an effective project manager. But, learning to pass information to you team quickly and efficiently is not always easy and there are mistakes that you should work…

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Virtual Teams

Let’s be honest, working with a group of people is challenging.  Working with a group of people living in different time zones, from different cultures, and sometimes different languages can be more than challenging.  It can be downright impossible.  But,…

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Let's Be Productive!

  1. Organization – Make a checklist.  Start your day by looking at the list of tasks you need to accomplish.  Unfortunately, we can’t keep everything in our head and getting the list on paper,  or using an online organizer will increase your…

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Maintaining Your Relationships

When running a project, relationships determine if you will receive repeat clients, new clients, and how the client feels about the project.  There are several things you can do to improve your relationships.

1. Make your deadlines:  Show them that they…

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Angry Clients

Sometimes when you are working on a project things can get heated.  Sometimes clients get pretty angry and they sometimes have valid reasons.

For example:

There is a scope change and it’s going to cost them money.  Their anger may be a part of negotiating…

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Mission

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Our theme for church today was Called to Mission.  And it really struck me that having a clear sense of purpose is very important for an organization function.

A sense of focus for your team, will lead to better and more focused work output.  And frequent…

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Friendships and Work

I have a friend who is working in a new office.  It’s doing the same job, the same tasks, the same…

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Increasing Productivity

When I am in the middle of a project, the last thing I want to do is stop working on it.  I will think about it at night, go in early to work on it, and not eat until my headache tells me I must have missed a meal and I need more than coffee to survive.…

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It takes work!

We are planning our Project Awesome in Sunday school and are almost completed and the important thing that comes back to me is that Awesomeness takes work.  It takes people willing to put themselves in the game and build an awesome community.  How much is…

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Adult SundaySchool unit : “PROJECT AWESOME”

I thought I’d share our new sunday school unit outline.  I’m pretty excited that everyone is getting so interested in making our church awesome.

Adult SundaySchool unit : “PROJECT AWESOME”

A unit for the adult Sunday school class of the Kirkwood Community…

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Project Management as a metaphor for jazz improvisation

 Especially at the point of project estimation, the relationship between project management and jazz improvisation should be apparent.  In jazz improvisation, you have to intuitively recognize the chord progression and rhythm and have a repertoire of…

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In Time

I saw this movie this week, and I really liked it.

I love the premise.  It’s a future society where the currency is time.  You are born with a timer in your arm and if you run out of time, you die.  The rich are immortal and the poor struggle to survive.

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