Welcome to the December/January edition of the carnival of project management.  Running the carnival is getting harder and harder, and it’s not helped by the automatic services.  Seriously, people pay money to have their dross articles submitted to carnivals in the hope that someone won’t filter out their irrelevant comments.  Well, I hope I’ve done a good enough job and that you’ll feel the links here are of interest.

Khan presents Career Resolutions posted at Higher Education and Career Blog, saying, “Whether you are hoping to get a raise, a promotion or the corner office, this is the perfect time to set career resolutions for yourself.” This is a good list, except for number #4. Doing a good job is more important than presenteeism.

Great Management presents An Easy Way To Get A Job Payrise posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, “The Learning and Skills Council survey has shown that employees can increase their salary by $4,000 to $6,000 per year by getting the right training. Here’s how.” Yes, that’s all well and good but it’s not an “easy” way to get a pay rise. Still, some ideas for the new year.

Britannica Blog presents The Need for Greater Flexibility in the Workplace posted at Britannica Blog, saying, “Reports on the falling economy and heaving financial industry are monopolizing news lately. At the same time, today’s managers are faced with continuously changing and conflicting demands: consumers want their products customized in record turn-around time while employees are faced with the impeding stress of long work hours and the resulting burnout.” Interesting comments and a development of the concept of work/life balance.

Will Edwards presents The 4 Ps of Service Strategy posted at ITIL V3 Talk, saying, “The 4 Ps of Service Strategy (after Mintzberg) are as follows: Perspective, Plan, Position and Patterns – at least according to ITIL v3. A Strategy can be any of these things or, indeed, any mixture of them.”

Simon Stapleton presents 6 Powerful Questions To Ask In Your Performance Review | SimonStapleton.com posted at Career & Personal Development for CIOs, Technical Professionals and Self-Professed Geeks, saying, “Was your last performance review/appraisal enjoyable? Worthwhile? Inspiring? Constructive? It should be all of these things, if done right. But chances are, it wasn’t. And you won’t be the only one. I recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals from over 600 companies and discovered that over 70% felt their performance reviews were ineffective. What’s happening?” Very useful, especially at this time of year!

Rich Maltzman, PMP presents This Risk Register Has Sharp Edges. DO NOT TOUCH THE EDGES OF THIS RISK REGISTER. posted at Scope crêpe, saying, “Don’t cut yourself!” Rich: easy to read and thought-provoking, as always.

Dr Martin Russell presents If You Hate Asking For Referrals… posted at Word of Mouth Marketing, saying, “Plenty of people hesitate before spreading the word about a political candidate or a business or a medical device. We’re worried that we’ll look silly, or that the place will end up being too crowded and now we won’t be able to get in. Or perhaps we’re concerned about losing our uniqueness…” I hate asking for referrals, but this is a good reminder that we should be keen to give positive feedback in the workplace.

Tisha Tolar presents Overwhelming Workload – YES! You Can Do it! posted at Empowering Mom.

Cindy King presents Christmas Buffling In Britain posted at Cindy King, saying, “An example of business waffling. This time it is in a Christmas setting.”  It’s not just Britain that uses this kind of waffle.  Print out the list from Cindy and use it to create cards for BuzzWord Bingo.

John Gough presents Business Change – Some Questions? posted at iJournal, saying, “Any change project will have three key work streams: People, Process and Technology, but if you had to chose to implement just one. Which would it be?”

Anthony McCune presents John’s View In New York City (Borough of Manhattan), New York, USA posted at What I See Out My Window. This is completely not relevant to project management, but it reminded me of this time last year, when I was in New York.

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