by Alisha C. Taylor | Nov 16, 2019 | Blog, Personal Development, Project Management
Photo by Karen Maes on Unsplash “If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.” ~Thomas J. Watson It’s essential to re-evaluate personal, career, and work goals throughout the year, not just ahead of planned focus meetings with your...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Oct 19, 2019 | Blog, Personal Development
Photos Shutterstock via fizkes Encountering a line for the women’s restroom is not a moment to celebrate, but I leapt for joy when this occurred in my engineering office this week. Finally! In this field, I’m so accustomed to being one of the few—or the...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Personal Development
Photo istockphoto via ideabug I chose not to attend my company’s highly anticipated lake party. A junior engineer, I craved opportunities to gain connections, mentorship, and visibility to advance in a male-dominated field. This party would have been a perfect...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Project Management
Photo StockSnap via The Lazy Artist Gallery Stan was known as the go-to group leader for difficult projects with compressed schedules and demanding sponsors. He was always willing to jump in and work hard to maintain schedule— whatever was thrown his way. Nothing...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Project Management
Photo Shutterstock via fizkes “I have millennials who work for me who don’t feel like they have to work hard, but still want to get promoted. What is the deal here?” Ah, millennials—born between ~1980-1995. They’re hurting the world economy because they’re...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog, Project Management
Photo Shutterstock via fizkes It is a universally acknowledged truth that meetings are less productive, to the tune of $399 billion of waste in the U.S. in 2019, according to a Doodle report. Respondents in this study cite that ineffective meeting repercussions: Leave...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Aug 17, 2019 | Blog, Personal Development
Photo Shutterstock via Constantin Stanciu My husband and I were hosting a Friday night “Weekly Wind Down” with friends. We had a great night of food, wine, cupcakes, when my girl friend exclaimed, “You work so much, your house is so clean, and this food is...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Aug 17, 2019 | Blog, Project Management
Photo Shutterstock via Patrick Foto “Oh wow, you’re an engineer!?! I could never do that”! …..Is a common response I hear when I tell people about my profession. These replies are from smart savvy men and women. This statement is almost followed by “I’m not very...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog, Personal Development
Photo StockSnap via Freestocks.org I was walking out of work one evening with a senior leader when he remarked that his daughter was mad at him for missing her softball game that night. “Oh no!” I commented. “Yeah, I have to go home and mow the lawn before my 2 week...
by Alisha C. Taylor | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog, Project Management
Photo iStock via wildpixel While changing channels a few nights ago I came upon the original 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film (not the newer Johnny Depp/Tim Burton caricature) specifically at the instance that Gene Wilder was singing “Pure...
