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2/29/2016

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The Team Didn't Gel! Getting Teams to Work Together to Deliver Results

2/29/2016

Making Beautiful Music Together…
I played the drums as a kid starting in 4th grade up into college. My family suffered through many hours (and headaches) of me beating the skins to jazz, funk, and rock music. When I started playing with the school band, I had to learn that making music wasn’t about how fast I could do flam-a-diddles or how loud I could play, but how I played in relation to the other band members. If the music called for adagio (slow & leisurely pace) it would be a bad idea to break into an In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida drum solo while everyone else is playing elevator music. The important thing was to match my playing to the other instrumentalists and to make beautiful music together. While I never got to rock stardom with my own entourage and groupies, I did learn that music is about how the entire band sounds not any individual player.

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2/29/2016

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Humor - Credibility = Doofus... An Excerpt from Why Don't They Follow Me?

2/28/2016

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Why Don't They Follow Me?

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Humor - Credibility = Doofus

Additional Lessons in Why Don't They Follow Me?

Knowledge–Listening=Arrogance
Action–Integrity=Distrust
Activity–Focus=Randomness
Wisdom–Experience=Theory
Ability–Effort=Inaction
Leadership–Inspiration=Administration
Charisma–Conviction=Crooked Politician
Courage–Predictability=Recklessness
Smarts–Direction=Absent Minded Professor
Communication–Candor=Storyteller
Decisiveness–Empathy=Ruthlessness
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Lesson 25 - Problem and scope: hand in glove

2/28/2016

Six-Word Lessons for Project Managers on Amazon, kindle, iTunes, Nook and more

As a project progresses it is easy for the team to lose focus on the problem statement and start doing too much.

Keep the problem statement in front of the team and sponsor and ensure the scope aligns to solving the problem.

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Lesson 39 - Vacations can throw him off schedule.

2/28/2016

Six-Word Lessons for Dads with Autistic Kids on Amazon, kindle, iBooks, Nook and more

On our first day at Walt Disney World, Trevor told us at 3 p.m. that we needed to go back to the hotel room so he could watch Blues Clues. We were in a place all kids love, but he didn't want to break his routine. As he got older we convinced him that when we were on vacation there was no routine, so his "vacation" routine was that everything would be different, which he was OK with.

See all 100 lessons at GrowingUpAutistic.com.

Lesson 28 - Project management software saves your butt.

2/21/2016

Six-Word Lessons for Project Managers on Amazon, kindle, iTunes, Nook and more

Thinking you can effectively manage a complex project using the likes of Excel or Word is just plain stupid.

Decide upon and implement an appropriate PM software package and learn how it can effectively help you.

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Lesson 40 - Recess isn't all fun and games.

2/21/2016

Six-Word Lessons for Dads with Autistic Kids on Amazon, kindle, iBooks, Nook and more

Because Trevor craves order in his life, the randomness, yelling and other activity at recess was frustrating for him. While other kids may love the activity and stimulation, a child with ASD may very well see it as stressful and confusing.

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2/15/2016

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Lesson 34 - One is overprotective and shelters him.

2/14/2016

Six-Word Lessons for Dads with Autistic Kids on Amazon, kindle, iTunes, Nook and more

In our experience, it has been good to have some healthy tension, with Patty being more protective and me wanting Trevor to fend for himself. Either one of us working alone might have erred to one extreme or the other. If you differ in this area, embrace the difference and look for common ground.

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