Author Archives: Kirsten Jordan
5 Reasons You’re Not The Best Person To Teach Your Employees
Ok, so you should onboard new employees, make sure that they understand the mission and goals of your department, review policies and procedures, go over …
By All Means, Ignore Your Stakeholders
My vacuum went on the fritz, and I have been trying to get it fixed. It’s a vacuum by the inventor/company that prides itself on …
Note to Leaders: 3 Tips for Making Hard Work Fun
Did you ever have one of those leaders that you were glad to see everyday? I bet their ability to have fun and encourage fun at …
5 Team Lessons from Oz: Who Are You Traveling With?
There is a new Oz in town. The movie, Oz: The Great and Powerful, imagines how Oz got to Oz, long before Miss Dorothy came …
Women and Work: Are You Watching the Fire? Or Doing Your Part?
I am simultaneously fascinated, horrified, stunned and motivated by the firestorm of conversations occurring right now around two events: The leaked Yahoo memo announcing the …
6 Change Management Lessons from the Super Bowl
Are you staring at the “Super Bowl of Change” in your organization? Is it a large change and you’re responsible? Are you expected to be …
Bag of Tricks: 4 Tips for Shameless Naming Manipulation
Names don’t matter much. Or do they? From Baby names (good luck with that, Baby Hashtag) to multi-million dollar branding campaigns (New Coke anyone?), names …
Bag of Tricks: Sign the Flip Charts
Over the years, you pick up certain tricks to move programs forward. I’m a big fan of the following technique from my Bag of Tricks: …
Program Management is Evil!
Few things can “go bad” more quickly than Program Management. But program management should be your friend, not a “necessary evil”. Why so often does it …
Bag of Tricks: It’s Easier to Edit Than Create
I’m known for many quotes and here is a favorite, “It’s Easier to Edit than Create!” Have you ever been to a meeting that went …