Recommendations: One and Done or Invested?
When someone asks for your letter of recommendation, how do you track their progress and success? SMA Executive Advisor Anthony Rock asks if you invested or just involved in a small part of their process?June 26, 2020
Self-Improvement: Turn Your Downtime into Uptime
How do you get the best out of your current downtime? Turn it into “uptime” and improve yourself, says SMA Principal Associate Rick RiordanJune 25, 2020
Deltek Cobra Advanced Calculated Fields
SMA Senior Associate Alan Kristynik, PMP, provides a tutorial on how to use Advanced Calculated Fields for Earned Value Management in Deltek CobraJune 18, 2020
Spam and Phishing Attempts on the Rise: Are Your Digital Identities Secure?
SMA Principal Associate and cyber risk expert Sarala Rajeshuni emphasizes the need to protect digital identities during COVID-19 teleworkingJune 17, 2020
On Virtual Teams
SMA Senior Proposal Manager Larry Tremmel discusses the specialized communication tools and tactics needed by virtual teamsJune 11, 2020
Accountability and Control
Anthony Rock, Lt. Gen. US Air Force (Ret) and SMA Executive Advisor, continues his leadership articles with how to handle increasing accountability with decreasing controlJune 10, 2020
Deltek Cobra EVMS Progress Guidance
SMA Senior Associate Alan Kristynik, PMP, provides a tutorial on earned value management progress techniques using Deltek CobraJune 9, 2020
For Leaders: 5 Reasons Why Both Continuous Improvement and Sleep Are Deeply Underrated
SMA Senior Program Advisor Rick Ferraro compares the benefits of sleep and continuous process improvement to the organizationJune 8, 2020
Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: What Is Meant By, “Don’t Tell” and “Don’t Direct”?
SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison wraps up his “Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct” series of articles on leadershipJune 5, 2020
Ask, Don’t Tell; Listen, Don’t Direct: Is “Cross-functional Teamwork” an Oxymoron?
SMA Principal Associate Dan Harrison shows how reframing the problem can improve the effectiveness of cross-functional teamsJune 4, 2020
Words Matter with Teamwork: “I” and “My” or…?
Anthony Rock, Lt. Gen. US Air Force (Ret) and SMA Executive Advisor, reminds us that choice of words can encourage or discourage teamworkJune 3, 2020
LPTA: Balancing Your Pipeline
In the final part of his 4-part series on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements, SMA Senior Associate Kyle Green gives you 6 steps to help balance your pipelineJune 2, 2020
