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George Pitagorsky

George Pitagorsky

George Pitagorsky, PMP, integrates core disciplines and applies people centric systems and process thinking to achieve sustainable optimal performance. George authored The Zen Approach to Project Management and PM BasicsTM. He teaches meditation and is on the Board of Directors of the NY Insight Meditation Center.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:27

Managing Superiors and Performance

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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 09:49

Managing Incompetence

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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:05

When to Adapt and When to Resist

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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 08:45

Avoid Unskillful Multitasking to Estimate and Perform Optimally

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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:43

Measuring In-progress Project Performance

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Wednesday, 02 January 2013 09:30

Next Steps in Managing Conflict

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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:05

How to Mindfully Manage Emotions

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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 10:13

Project Uncertainty & Estimating with Risk Management

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Wednesday, 03 October 2012 06:48

Managing Conflict and Managing Emotions

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Wednesday, 29 August 2012 10:54

Status Reporting, Clarity and Accountability

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Wednesday, 01 August 2012 03:00

Managing by Accountability

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Tuesday, 26 June 2012 20:00

Estimating: The Courage to Confront Uncertainty

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Tuesday, 22 May 2012 04:00

Stop! Who Needs the Power to Stop a Project?

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Wednesday, 18 April 2012 10:39

Avoid Failure – Support Weakness with Strength

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:28

Top-down or Bottom-up – Either-or or Both

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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 10:38

Avoid Failure - Facilitate Effective Communications

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 11:43

Communication and Mindfulness

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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 09:57

Why Projects Fail: A Root Cause

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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:34

Scheduling 101: Remember the Basics

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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 12:09

Improving Communication: Controlling Your Body Language and Tone

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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:46

Overcoming Your Tendencies to Optimize Your Performance

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Monday, 18 July 2011 13:52

Agility is Essential but Process is Not

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Wednesday, 22 June 2011 11:25

Business Analysts Need Unbiased Clarity

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Wednesday, 15 June 2011 13:38

Do Agile Projects Need Project Managers?

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Wednesday, 18 May 2011 10:13

Who Is Responsible for Declaring that a Project is Troubled?

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Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:31

Risk Management and the Impulse to Fail

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Wednesday, 16 March 2011 10:58

Failed Projects: Who is Responsible?

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Tuesday, 15 February 2011 13:49

Seeing the Big Picture: The More You Know …

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Wednesday, 09 February 2011 10:35

The Bad and the Ugly

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Wednesday, 26 January 2011 11:02

Project Managers are Change Managers

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Wednesday, 08 December 2010 10:41

How to Motivate the Team? Honesty and Respect

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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 11:01

How to Motivate the Team on a Troubled Project

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Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:08

Reviews, Process Analysis and Organizational Learning

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Wednesday, 22 September 2010 09:46

The Business Analyst Role – Who Plays It? Where Does It Fit?

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:34

Rational Estimates: Motivate the Team by Acknowledging Reality

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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:46

Time-to-Value and the Value of Time

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 11:56

Getting Strategic Projects off the Back Burner

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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 01:00

Rushing the Project to Disaster – Greed and Fear

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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 01:00

The Challenge of PM in Engagement Management

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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 01:00

Risk and Uncertainty – Managing Expectations

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:55

Mindfully Managing Expectations

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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:14

Effective Estimating and the Courage to Push Back

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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:15

Motivating Knowledge Sharing

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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 00:00

Accountability and Performance

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:00

Kick-off is a Process, Not Just a Meeting

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 01:00

What is a Successful Project?

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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:49

Project Knowledge Management in PM - Time for Change

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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 01:00

Educating the Stakeholders: Whose Job is it Anyway?

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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 01:00

The Demand for Accurate Estimates and Rational Expectations

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 01:00

Why Debate? Let Formality and Agility Coexist

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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 01:00

The 'Right' PM Effort in the Face of Tight Budgets

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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 01:00

Optimizing Project Performance

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