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Don't forget about the real project stakeholder

Who Is The Real Project Stakeholder?

Nick Leffler
March 23, 2016

When you start a new project, are you asking the following questions:

  • Who is the real project stakeholder?
  • Who holds the biggest stake in your project?

The answer to these questions probably isn’t who you think it is.

Common Answers

There are two simple answers to the second question. The problem with the common answers

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Stepping up the stairs

Transitioning Responsibility to Managers, T&D Becomes a Curation Resource

Nick Leffler
February 23, 2016

Without managers being fully invested in training, there is no chance it will have an effect on people. Just as with everything else in an organization, training relies on its importance being exemplified by leaders.

That means leaders should not dictate employees take training, but rather be an example of how it’s important. If a

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Move Forward

Move Forward

Nick Leffler
January 27, 2016

Progress can seem like a scary thing sometimes. It can mean that the things we’re comfortable with are suddenly pulled out from under us. A world which everything is familiar can suddenly become a world we look around in and don’t recognize anything.

Of course we all feel like this about something, but often not

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Reflecting on Life

Looking Back On 2015

Nick Leffler
December 30, 2015

This is my obligatory end of the year post reflecting on my year in 2015. It’s not really obligatory of course, but it’s fun to look back at all my posts and reflect. Some of my posts from earlier in the year seem so old by the time the end of the year rolls around

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Great Minds Think Alike

Great Minds Think Alike

Nick Leffler
December 21, 2015

Everybody’s heard this phrase right? I know I hear it on almost a daily basis. Every time I hear this statement I can’t help but thing how great minds absolutely do not think alike. Everybody is different, including in their thoughts.

There are so many subtleties in the way we think and exactly what our beliefs are,

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Training Culture vs Learning Culture

Training Culture vs Learning Culture – A Mind Shift

Nick Leffler
December 8, 2015

There are some common terminology issues in training and staff development departments in many organizations. Some of these terminology issues give birth to larger problems and ways of thinking about training and the goals in organizations.

I’m always thinking about the difference between training and learning and the importance it has to how we do our

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3 Tips For Learning Online

3 Tips For Learning Online

Nick Leffler
November 25, 2015

A few weeks ago I was contacted to give some tips for learning online. I was fortunate enough to have three of those tips included in the article titled 101 e-Learning Tips from the Experts (now expired).

My tips were included in the section Study Tips for e-Learners, Tips for Online Student Engagement, and General

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Things Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning

The (1) Thing(s) Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning

Nick Leffler
November 11, 2015

Every other day if you look around social media and follow any professionals, you’re going to see an article about XX things successful people do (first thing) in the morning.

They usually consist of overly broad activities that don’t tell you much about the person or how they became successful. People who are successful got

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Join Me And Keep Ideas From Fading Away

Join Me And Keep Ideas From Fading Away

Nick Leffler
October 31, 2015

I’m sitting here on Halloween having just finished carving the pumpkins with my daughter and wife. It has become a tradition to get all the seeds, clean them up, and roast them into a delicious Halloween treat. I’m smelling them roast in the oven right now smothered in olive oil, salt, and as my wife

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Going To Work After Vacation - My Slow Path Back

Going To Work After Vacation – My Slow Path Back

Nick Leffler
October 16, 2015

My last post was almost a month and a half ago, which makes it obvious to me that once you take a break, it’s hard to get back in the groove. Unplugging isn’t easy, but going to work after vacation is less easy.

I stopped a bit early for a vacation I went on

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