tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:52:08 +0000People ManagementReviewApplyResourcesTime ManagementProject ManagementManager ToolsIdeaKnowledge ManagementPodcastMind ManagerCommunicationGTDWebsiteBlogsCareer ManagementControlling ChaosPM PodcastForumsPMO PodcastWhitepaperfeedbackhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (David Mould)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-8821063248645469513Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:35:00 +00002008-08-03T06:42:25.882+07:00Career ManagementAs we move through our careers it's very easy to get funneled down a track and before you know it you're not where you want to be.Regardless of your company and their performance management cycle keep your focus. Develop your personal roadmap of where you want to be in 6 months, 1 year, 3 years and beyond.I have found that I have become stale quickly working as a solution agnostic Business http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2008/08/keep-up-to-date.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-3520978789314135682Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:31:00 +00002008-08-03T06:35:51.345+07:00Career ManagementIdeaKnowledge ManagementOne of the challenges as you get more experience and your broaden your skills is keeping your CV (resume) up to date for when you apply for new roles.I find this particularly problematic as I have both a technical side, a functional side and a strategy/consulting side.Keeping track of the various roles and for each role the main strength and achievement got me thinking about storing and http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2008/08/keeping-cv-current.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-3405567845531977190Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:04:00 +00002008-02-19T07:12:24.479+07:00Manager ToolsPeople ManagementPodcastResourcesI've said it before and I'll say it again Manager Tools is great. Mike and Mark have been providing fundamental advice for 2 years with their weekly podcast and I have tried to spread the word.The problem that I experienced when I first found them was where to start. When I looked through the back catalogue I initially want to get the basics out. Since then I have been through and listened to http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2008/02/manager-tools-getting-basics-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-1879769401581871292Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:28:00 +00002007-12-14T15:01:52.632+07:00ApplyManager ToolsPeople ManagementResourcesBeing an avid listener to Manager Tools and having applied nearly all of the tools and techniques so well presented by Mark and Mike there is one catch with the One-2-One guidelines.Go get the podcastThe suggestion is to document the session in a file for follow up week to week and for easy review come appraisal time. This causes a problem when you travel a lot.The solution is to use some http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/o3s-one-to-ones-tool-for-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-7586434608309328928Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:06:00 +00002007-12-14T13:09:35.841+07:00People ManagementReviewA good reference if you want to [re]learn about consulting methods and approaches. Equally useful for internal and external consultants and maps very well to line management. The discovery process and meeting guidelines described would certainly help a line manager understand and deal with conflict.http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-peter-flock-flawless-consulting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-6372422221287308735Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:56:00 +00002007-12-14T13:02:55.552+07:00ApplyPeople ManagementReviewA good and short book from Tom Markert "You Can't Win a Fight With Your Boss and 55 other rules for success"Very easy to read (143 pages in just over one hour)Lots that sound familiar and more then it's fair share of ah ha moments.DWYPYWD? read the book and find out.http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/books-tom-markert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-6611752629567470685Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:27:00 +00002007-12-14T10:39:07.921+07:00People ManagementI have been using little Excel tools that I have put together to help track holiday for myself and my directs.Following on from the variations I have generated for David Seah's Compact Calendar there is a great use for the neat solution he has put together.Over and above country specific version it would be very easy to generate employee specific versions that help you keep track of when and whenhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/useful-excel-tools-making-management.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-2940968012852546435Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:15:00 +00002007-12-14T10:23:13.053+07:00People ManagementProject ManagementAdding to the variations I have created to David Seah's Compact Calendar please see the tentative version for Indonesia for 2008.This is to add to the Thailand and Singapore versions already available.You can find the versions here:IndonesiaSingaporeThailandAlso go and look at David's work:Compact CalendarPrintable CEOhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/compact-calendar-indonesia-version.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-3908984705140868Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:05:00 +00002007-12-14T10:24:00.851+07:00People ManagementProject ManagementHaving already created a Thailand version of David Seah's Compact Calendar I like the format so mush that I have created a Singapore 2008 version to complement it.How would you use it?If you use Excel for any planning, like creating simple Gantt Chart's, this is an invaluable aide to quickly seeing by month how many working days there are. Put both the Thailand version and a Singapore version inhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/david-seahs-compact-calendar-singapore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-7098440244942525474Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:06:00 +00002007-12-13T11:07:13.924+07:00ApplyProject ManagementI have used a lot of David Seah's excellent Printable CEO series outputs.He has kindly shared his candy bar style compact calendar and there are many versions available for different countries from his site and his readers. I wanted to add the Thailand version into the pool.You can find the Thai Version herehttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/12/david-seahs-compact-calendar-thai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-8292634166396999435Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:15:00 +00002007-06-22T08:33:12.124+07:00ApplyIdeaKnowledge ManagementIn his book 'The Medici Effect' Frans Johansson has some interesting figures on studies on Brainstorming.An experiment to compare real teams and virtual teams, of equal numbers, and the output of a Brainstorming session. Take 20 people locate them in a room and give them a topic to storm - real team Take 20 people have them work independently on the same topic - virtual teamTake the output ofhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/06/is-brainstorming-effective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-9116767934367287340Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:03:00 +00002007-06-22T19:43:28.249+07:00Manager ToolsPeople ManagementWhat is feedback?Many people assign negative responses to feedback because feedback is "criticism".People readily accept praise - praise is simply positive feedback.Feedback is an art and not well performed by many people today and above all it's a gift as it gives something tangible about our behaviours to work with.Key points:Feedback is not the delivery it is the receptionIt's about the http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/06/people-feedback-is-gift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-8454088688339383896Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:29:00 +00002007-06-13T12:40:25.552+07:00Manager ToolsMind ManagerPeople ManagementWhat is the key to getting to know your people, letting them get to know you and how to keep track of what they're doing?A: One-to-OnesMark and Mike at Manager Tools give you the ins and outs of the "single most effective management tool" in their typical, likeable style.We with some excellent advice and a useful template for setting up the meeting and how to keep track of the notes and http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/06/people-one-to-ones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-2847231964214867634Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:31:00 +00002007-06-12T16:48:01.546+07:00ApplyKnowledge ManagementMind ManagerPeople ManagementResourcesTime ManagementI use MindJet's MindManager Pro a lot for all kinds of actions, project tracking, coding ideas, blog ideas, one-2-ones.The tool is extremely flexible and now the new version 7 is available.Key Features:New User Interface - The fluent (ribbon) user interface is compliant with the new Microsoft standard seen in Vista. This means tabbed browsing and a quick access toolbar. The tabs are http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/06/mind-manager-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-5885209448121880240Thu, 31 May 2007 12:41:00 +00002007-05-31T19:50:44.935+07:00Time ManagementSometime the e in email means enough.One of the trends is to declare email bankruptcy. If you've sent me an email (and you aren't my wife, partner or colleague), you might want to send it again. I am starting overCapitalist Fred Wilson speaking to the Wall Street Journal.The volume of email has doubled in the last ten years and with Blackberry becomes more and more common place the pressure for http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-it-time-to-declare-email-bankruptcy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-5664996736677582070Fri, 25 May 2007 03:38:00 +00002007-05-25T10:57:40.495+07:00GTDIdeaTime ManagementFor those of you that have adopted the GTD collection process and have a physical in tray where you can store tangible items (magazines, articles etc) you have probably created something similar for your email. Maybe some form of basic file structure where you can move new mail to for follow up, assignment/delegation, reference or someday/maybe.This all works very well but I need something that http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/gtd-collection-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-4206777403613733037Tue, 08 May 2007 16:04:00 +00002007-05-08T23:06:01.816+07:00CommunicationIdeaKnowledge ManagementReviewI have just listened to the Lifehack.org podcast with David Hayden of Jeteye.As soon as I got the chance I registered and straight away I have found the product to be extremely useful and a great booster for me.The theory is simple. Rather than wander around and create bookmarks use Jeteye to collect objects (files, links, videos etc) into a jetpak. The collection process is a simple but http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/eye-for-jeteye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-6480757212094928604Mon, 07 May 2007 12:40:00 +00002007-05-08T22:58:30.751+07:00ApplyTime ManagementWebsiteMy previous posting on David Seah's Emerging Task Planner states that one of the key benefits is the ability, over time, to improve your ability to estimate the effort required for a task.The way I do this is using a neat little tool from Brad Isaac from his AchieveIt site called TaskBlaze.This is a simple stopwatch with start/stop functionality that integrates into Outlook to create a calendar http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/improving-your-estimates-taskblaze.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-5127875959003602223Mon, 07 May 2007 12:02:00 +00002007-05-11T14:09:36.308+07:00ApplyReviewTime ManagementWhen I started to get organized in an effort to get on top of all of the tasks, work and personal, I looked around for ideas.I found David Seah and his Printable CEO Series. A great lead in and really got me started on planning and, importantly, measuring my work for the day.In essence the series is a set of PDF files that you can use to layout your day and tasks amongst other activities. The http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/david-seah-printable-ceo-emergent-task.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-6291726893028650717Tue, 01 May 2007 10:01:00 +00002007-05-08T22:59:40.139+07:00ApplyGTDTime ManagementMany tools, services, devices and ideas need that compelling reason for people to adopt them.... The Killer Application.For the world of GSM this was SMS, Short Message Service led to the explosion of cell phone adoption and led the switch from analogue to digital.For Getting Things Done the killer app. is context. Context is the label that is applied to the action or project (more than one http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/05/gtd-killer-app-context.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-37112733269776291Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:04:00 +00002007-05-08T23:00:16.863+07:00PMO PodcastPodcastReviewAs I continue my self learning through my iPod and venture out into the world of Project Management I found Mark Perry and his PMO Podcast.A typical cast is around the 10 to 15 minute mark so useful for short commutes or coffee break. Rather than the usual Lunch and Learn brownbag think more Drink and Learn Coffee Cup.He always uses the same structure.The PMO Memo: useful tips and tricksThe PMO http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/04/review-mark-perry-and-pmo-podcast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-4950991788245953526Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:30:00 +00002007-06-12T16:48:37.062+07:00IdeaKnowledge ManagementManager ToolsMind ManagerPeople ManagementPM PodcastProject ManagementInvention and thinking of new solutions to old problems is one of the key skills required for today's manager. This could be applied to Projects and People; wherever there is a problem there could be a need to be creative in the solution.One of the key tools is Brainstorming. For this I use MindJet's MindManager Pro. A great tool and very easy to use. But there is more than the tool....Blockershttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/04/creative-thinking-brainstorming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-1234523792118191418Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:19:00 +00002007-05-08T23:01:51.614+07:00ApplyGTDResourcesReviewTime ManagementLike many I struggle with keeping on top of things. This has become progressively more difficult as my remit expands from doing, to managing people and then managing projects.Some friends of mine were talking about a book that had been recommended to read, David Allen's "Getting Things Done", or GTD as it has become popularly known.The book itself is not the easiest book to read. However; push http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/04/getting-things-done-david-allen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-4917485553402310683Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:38:00 +00002007-05-08T23:02:33.822+07:00PodcastProject ManagementReviewWebsiteAs I start to expand into a new role as a project manager I wanted to get some real first hand knowledge to learn by. Book smarts are OK so I did go out and get a language book, the PMBOK third edition, if I'm going to be a project manager I might as well speak the same language right?Anyway to get beyond the book smarts I started looking for a way to use my newest toy, my iPod, to help. I had http://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/04/pm-podast-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-7876290110025842825Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:11:00 +00002007-04-10T18:13:07.671+07:00feedbackSend feedback on Flexible-Managerhttp://flexible-manager.blogspot.com/2007/04/feedback.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Mould)2