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		<title>Part III &#8211; Out on a limb? Working for difficult clients</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/part-iii-out-on-a-limb-working-for-difficult-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
I still owe you a response to the question what I ended up doing in the situation described in my previous post.
Recall, the question I posed was, “What experience do you have advising clients which on the one hand asks you to stay on the project but on the other hand boycotts your well-intentioned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=258&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part II &#8211; Out on a limb? Working for difficult clients</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/part-ii-out-on-a-limb-working-for-difficult-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
Following-up my last blog I have received numerous replies by email.  Thank you all for your feedback and advice.
Again the question I posed was, “What experience do you have advising clients which on the one hand asks you to stay on the project but on the other hand boycotts your well-intentioned efforts by every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=252&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Out on a limb? Working for difficult clients</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/out-on-a-limb-working-for-difficult-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomasjuli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may go out on a limb, still I am curious about the following:
What experience do you have advising clients which on the one hand asks you to stay on the project but on the other hand boycotts your well-intentioned efforts by every means available?
Let me give you some background information about my inquiry:  Suppose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=246&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Survey on Key Factors for Project Success</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/new-survey-on-key-factors-for-project-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have launched a new online survey &#8220;In Search for Key Factors for Project Success&#8221;.  Preliminary results are available online and will be presented as part of my presentation at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando on October 13, 2009.
The objective of the present survey is to find out more about your experiences, insights and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=225&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agile SAP Integration</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/agile-sap-integration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, agile and SAP.  It may not fit together at first sight but is it possible?  Why not!?
I posted this question on the PMIAGILE yahoogroup a couple of weeks ago.  Today I have finally received a response.  I was pointed to a presentation at the AGILE 2007 conference.
Janice Aston, Project Manager at Canadian Pacific, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=220&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crisis = danger and opportunity</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/crisis-danger-and-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomasjuli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody is talking about the crisis.  What about you?  Are you lamenting about the present situation?  Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? Or do you actually embrace the crisis, take it as an opportunity to learn?
Yesterday I have come across a quote by John F. Kennedy.  In a speech in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=208&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Results of online survey on team involvement and project re-alignment available</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/results-of-online-survey-on-team-involvement-and-project-re-alignment-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all dream of projects where objectives are clearly defined, mutually understood, where every team member knows which role to play, which responsibilities to fill, where constructive feedback is daily routine, lessons learned are shared across teams, and, last but not least, where teams deliver results, on time and in budget.
Way too often this stays [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=204&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming book</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/upcoming-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomasjuli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have finished a new book proposal.  I keep the title to myself &#8211; at least for the time being.  Still, let me tell you about its content:
The book is going to be about the 5 principles of effective project leadership and how they can be applied in daily project work.  The 5 principles [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=198&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preliminary results of survey available</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/preliminary-results-of-survey-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary results of my online survey of team-involvement and project re-alignment are available on the “Surveys” tab or at http://tinyurl.com/tjep-surveyblog.
The survey will run for another 2 weeks.  Please share the url to the survey with your friends and peers:  http://tinyurl.com/tjep-teambuilding.  The more people participate the greater the value of the survey results.
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		<title>Reflections on PMI Global Congress EMEA in Amsterdam, May 18-20, 2009</title>
		<link>http://thomasjuli.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/reflections-on-pmi-global-congress-emea-in-amsterdam-may-18-20-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 07:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PMI Global Congress EMEA was held in Amsterdam May 18-20, 2009.  Once again it was an excellent conference on all kinds of topics of project management.  Attendants could pick from more than 70 sessions.
There was no lack of innovative and thought provoking topics such as agile projects or applying insights of systems,  complexity or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thomasjuli.wordpress.com&blog=4937298&post=190&subd=thomasjuli&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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