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/people-management/the-truth-about-motivation/ http://kareemshaker.com/people-management/the-truth-about-motivation/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:10:21 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=604 Motivation is an art not a science! I have just watched a video about motivation that is based on a speech by Dan Pink author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us book. Dan believes that motivation can be achieved through three ways: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. he bases his conclusions on many [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/people-management/the-truth-about-motivation/feed/ 9 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/brand-conversation-with-al-taee/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/brand-conversation-with-al-taee/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:15:44 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=515 I have been honoured to get a great brand conversation with Mohammed Al Taee, Mohammed is an enthusiastic entrepreneur who is specialized in personal branding and social media, he had brand conversations with many celebrities such as Seth Godin, our conversation was centred around project management, you can read the full conversation here]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/brand-conversation-with-al-taee/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/first-time-project-manager/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/first-time-project-manager/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:03:34 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=484 Are you furious about high rates of failing projects? does it bother you? project failure has been a hot topic for many years, companies and countries lose billions every year because of projects failure, look around you will find many stumbling projects, if you are unhappy about project failure, stop talking and start acting, we [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/first-time-project-manager/feed/ 18 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:16 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=473 What do you do if you get asked to handle a wrong project that if it was your call you wouldn’t do it at all? I have seen many discussions about this topic on Twitter, while the main duty of the project manager is to deliver the project within the triple constraints, yet effective project [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/feed/ 7 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:01:33 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=445 It’s not about the colour of your leadership style, it’s about what you can do for your people in order to make them feel valued and energize them every time they need to, RED Leadership is a style I have coined that’s cantered around three pillars: Respect, Empathize, and Develop. Many leaders use different techniques [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/red-leadership/feed/ 9 http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/ http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:39:18 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=435 I have recently stumbled upon this quote and I did like it so much, I tweeted it and found that many people have retweeted it in a short time, it is a quote of William L. McKnight (1887 – 1978), a former CEO of 3M company, who saved 3M from bankruptcy and made it a [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/leadership/if-you-put-fences-around-people-you-get-sheep/feed/ 14 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/management-by-walking-around-for-project-managers/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/management-by-walking-around-for-project-managers/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:53:29 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=349 You cannot manage people from an ivory tower, you have to interact with your team, speak with them on daily basis and melt the ice that may stand as a big demotivator in many organizations, Management By Walking/Wandering Around (MBWA) is a simple yet effective technique to have a robust relationship with your team built [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/management-by-walking-around-for-project-managers/feed/ 8 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/social-loafing-for-project-managers/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/social-loafing-for-project-managers/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:49:02 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=285 Have you ever worked on a project where you noticed that some team members are not working as efficient as they can? Have you tried figuring out why those team members are acting the way they do? Have you tried adding more people to expedite execution and eventually it turned out you are not getting [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/social-loafing-for-project-managers/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-ways-to-influence-a-hippo/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-ways-to-influence-a-hippo/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:31:35 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=221 Do you know the HIPPO? not the hippopotamus animal, it is a different HIPPO, a HIPPO is an acronym that stands for a “Highest Paid Person’s Opinion” or “Highest Paid Person in Organization”, whether you work in a small or gigantic enterprise, you will always find a HIPPO (aka CEO) around, chances are you will [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-ways-to-influence-a-hippo/feed/ 6 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-three/ http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-three/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:16:07 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=183 In part three we will examine a very interesting root cause which will make a lot of people scratch their heads, it is Project Manager, yes the project manager is one of the root causes why projects fail, while from the first look this may seem awkward as so many people will simply say that [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-three/feed/ 0