• The Underlying Skill for an Onsite Lead

    Of the 10 years of my experience in the software services industry, I have spent more than half of that time onsite interacting with customers. I am the onsite Lead - the face of the vendor, the contractor, the consulant. It's a key role - a complex mix of delivery and client services. You are a leader in your domain and you are embarking on your first or repeat onsite trip. Your proven communication skills, your...
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  • My Interview on Agile, SCRUM and CSM

    STEPPINGINTOPM.COM interviewed me earlier this month. We talked about some of the most common questions on Agile, SCRUM and CSM training. The interview post went online today. Here is an excerpt from the interview: How difficult was it to take the exam after just taking classes for 2days? Is that all the preparation you need to take? This is a question everyone who is interested in SCRUM certification seems...
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  • Your Body Speaks.

    You think you know everything about something until you actually sit down to learn... you will be surprised at what you thought you knew but didn't. That's what happened with me. I was taking a mandatory training on Body Language. Before I took it, I was thinking to myself "What more can an online training on body language teach me? What I need is some advanced coaching, which is why I have joined Toastmasters. Do I...
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  • Agile Lessons: Humanize Your Team

    We are all part of a team and some of us are Managers of teams. All of us are familiar with the word "resources". Tools we use to run a project are resources. The computers, the printers and the fax machines are all resources. People are resources. Right? So team members are resources. Lets see what the most common definition of "resources" is, shall we? Wikipedia: "A resource is any physical or virtual entity of ...
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Posts tagged Competent Communicator

What Baseball Means to Me

Nov 4th

Posted by Laurie Guzman in Guest Posts

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Manual: Competent Communicator Project/Assignment: Speech #4 “How To Say It” Comments: I won the Best Speaker award at the Let’s Talk Franklin toastmasters club for this speech. I was 6 years old when my Dad took me to the sporting goods store to buy my first Lefty’s glove. My father played semi-pro ball until he

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Toastmasters Speech “Those 20 minutes after 8pm” CC#4

Jul 23rd

Posted by Raj Menon in Toastmasters

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It was the weekend. Two of my friends had come to visit me. We went out that night to a nearby residential community. We were having a party. Around 7:45pm, I asked my uncle for his permission to go back home with my friends. We were getting bored. He agreed and asked us to be careful while crossing the main road. He knew it was safe especially since it was the prayer time. What he did not anticipate was what was about to happen.

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My Perfect Symphony

Jan 21st

Posted by Raj Menon in Featured

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In music, the primary responsibility of a conductor is to first set the tempo, then give a clear direction, and finally to listen critically to shape the sound of the ensemble.

Let’s try to be the conductors who are always trying to give the best performance ever.

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Powerpoint Presentations: 3 simple rules

Nov 11th

Posted by Raj Menon in Featured

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Your objectives are clear. You want to walk them though the process and then show off with some pretty looking graphs and charts from the data you collected. Now it’s time to deliver. You run through the slides one last time. Practice, Practice, Practice. You feel good about it. You let out a smirk. You know you are going to blow them away. Ah! But there is a twist…

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