J.D. Meier's Blog
Agile Results, Digital Business Transformation, and Program Management
7 Practices for More Effective Meetings
Here are seven practices I’ve experienced that worked well with meetings: Let a person finish their...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/01/2012
Time Management Tips #13 - Just Start
Sometimes getting started is the hardest part. In fact, sometimes the start takes more effort...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/01/2012
Time Management Tips # 12 - Do Something Small
Sometimes small is the best way to make progress. In fact, sometimes it's the only way. If you...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/01/2012
Positive Intelligence at Microsoft
This is a post about putting Positive (PQ) Intelligence into practice at Microsoft. The goal...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/01/2012
Time Management Tips # 11 - 30 Day Sprints
Do you have something that you've been wanting to learn, but just don't have the time? Do you...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/31/2012
Time Management Tips # 10 - Set Limits
I hate quotas. For me, I'm about quality, not quantity. And yet quotas have consistently...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/30/2012
Embrace the Effort and Expand What You’re Capable Of
I wrote a post about how to embrace the effort. Effort is something I knew very well,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/30/2012
Time Management Tips #9 - Pair Up
What's the best way to do it? Together. Pair up. Time management tips #9 is pair up. Paring up...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/29/2012
The First 11 Employees of Microsoft
The Microsoft team that started it All … Andrea Lewis – Microsoft's first technical writer Bill...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/28/2012
Time Management Tips #8 - Power Up with Purpose
Nothing helps you stay the course, or pick up the pace, or deal with setbacks like purpose. ...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/28/2012
Time Management Tips #7 – Friday Reflection
What if you could improve your time management week over week? Well, you can. Imagine...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/27/2012
Rebranding
How do you rehydrate, revitalize, or renew a brand? I thought that a post on rebranding would help...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/26/2012
Time Management Tips #6 - Schedule the Big Rocks
Have you heard of the big rocks story? If not, the idea is that if you don't first make room...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/26/2012
Time Management Tips #5 - Reduce the Friction in Your Day
Little things that get in our way, wear us down. By creating a few glide paths in our day, we...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/26/2012
Stephen Covey Quotes
If you are a Stephen Covey fan, I think you will like my latest edition to my Great Quotes...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/25/2012
Asian Efficiency on Agile Results
“The system is so good, I don’t recommend it to people…I want to keep it to myself :-)” That comment...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/24/2012
Time Management Tips #3 - Three Wins for the Week
You're going to do a bunch of stuff this week. A bunch of things will happen. On Friday,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/23/2012
The Book that Changes Lives
Getting Results the Agile Way, is “The Book that Changes Lives.” You can also think of it as “Agile...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/22/2012
How To Get Your Groove Back On
One of the simplest ways to get your groove back on, is to do things differently. "Do the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/22/2012
Time Management Tips #2 - Add Creative Hours
Are you a night owl or an early bird? When are you at your creative best? For me, I found that...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/22/2012
Personal Growth: 30 Days of Free Training for Getting Results in Work and Life
Personal growth is one of the best ways to get more from life. How do you achieve...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/20/2012
The Values, Principles, and Practices of Agile Results
The backbone of Agile Results is the values, the principles, and the practices. To make...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/18/2012
Stephen Covey Tribute
Stephen Covey has past away, but his legend lives on: Stephen Covey Leaves a Legacy Covey will be...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/17/2012
Quotes to Empower You for Work and Life
If you like quotes, I have an extensive quotes collection at Great Quotes. I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/14/2012
Project Management, Productivity, and Leadership for Unstoppable You
What do you get when you combine the power of project management with proven practices for...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/13/2012
Team of Leaders
I have a very special guest post about leadership and how to build a team of leaders. ...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/12/2012
Decision Making Article Roundup
Decision making is a skill we get to practice every day. The surprise is that it's the key to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/26/2012
The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive
I wrote another book review: The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/24/2012
Personal Development Resources at Sources of Insight
If you follow my blog, you know that Sources of Insight is my blog dedicated to personal...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/17/2012
To Do Doing Done
Note - This article is updated at To Do, Doing, Done. To Do, Doing, Done is my favorite way to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/16/2012
How To Create a Six-Figure Second Income
I wrote a post on the book, The Six Figure Second Income. It's about how to make money in...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/04/2012
Project Management Quotes
I’ve put together a comprehensive collection of project management quotes. I didn’t count...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/28/2012
Intelligence is More Than IQ
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/21/2012
10 Ways to Use Evernote More Effectively
This post will give you some Evernote tips and tricks for how to use Evernote as a Personal...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/18/2012
Quotes for Moving On
“You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/17/2012
The Sticky Note Method for Rapid Reading
If you want to read faster, I'll share a way that will radically change how fast you can read books,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/17/2012
How To Make Decisions
I find that action builds momentum. The best kind of action is decisive action because then...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/15/2012
Leadership is Who You Are
I'm honored to have a guest post by Alan Shelton. It's Leadership is Who You Are. Alan...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/14/2012
Kanban: The Secret of High-Performing Teams at Microsoft
Note: This page is updated at Kanban for High-Performance Teams. If you are a project manager or a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/12/2012
Monthly Burn Rate
Note: This article is updated at Monthly Burn Rate. One of the most useful patterns I’ve found to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/12/2012
10 Free Leadership Tools for Work and Life
Note: This article is updated at 10 Free Leadership Tools for Work and Life. As one of my wise...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/07/2012
How To Live Your Values at Microsoft
Some people say, there is no such thing as work and life … there is just life. Others...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/29/2012
Presenting Numbers with Skill
At Microsoft, we get a lot of chances to present numbers. Whether it’s making a project...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/22/2012