http://kareemshaker.com Everyday is a New Day Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:51:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/ http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:56:22 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=660 I have been honoured to be interviewed by Jo Ann Sweeney to select top five from a list of 15 communication skills project mangers and leaders need to have in order to lead their teams, despite the innovative communication technologies we have, yet most of today’s business problems are due to poor communication, in this [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/top-5-communication-skills-for-project-managers-and-leaders/feed/ 1 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/communication-management-mindmap/ http://kareemshaker.com/communication/communication-management-mindmap/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:07:32 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=521 Who needs to know what by when and in which format? Every time you work on developing a new communication management plan, ask yourself this questions, it is the key to develop a robust communication plan, misevaluating a stakeholder is sometimes as bad as missing the stakeholder altogether, I will share with you a mindmap [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/communication-management-mindmap/feed/ 11 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/smart-email-software/ http://kareemshaker.com/communication/smart-email-software/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:54:12 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=322 Are you quite happy with the email software you use? maybe you are, but I am not! Having used different applications for email I found most of them lack the intelligence to help me communicate efficiently and effectively, I am currently using Microsoft Office Outlook, and though it satisfies most of my needs, I think [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/smart-email-software/feed/ 8 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/better-meetings/ http://kareemshaker.com/communication/better-meetings/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:06:53 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=306 We spend most of our time attending meetings, and a meeting is the most time waster if it is not managed properly, sometimes you find yourself walking into a meeting without even realizing why you are required for such a meeting. Meetings cost the enterprise a lot of money and most of times benefits are [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/better-meetings/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/communication/90-for-communication-is-not-enough/ http://kareemshaker.com/communication/90-for-communication-is-not-enough/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:52:11 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=294 If you ask a project manager about what 90% percentage means for him, he would definitely answer “Communication”, as a rule of thumb the project manager spends 90% of his time in communication, this figure has been there for such a long time, and I think it has to be revisited, we have entered a [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/communication/90-for-communication-is-not-enough/feed/ 5