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Hi,
After trying MT a while back and recently returning to regular listening I wanted to say "Thanks!" for the great information and introduce myself to the forums.
My husband, baby son, and I live in Santa Fe. I've been at the Los Alamos National Lab for about 9 years and mostly love my job as a nuclear physicist developing tools related to nuclear nonproliferation.
I'm not sure if I really count as a "manager". As a Senior Project Leader at a national laboratory, I'm responsible on the program side for the execution of about a dozen projects, each with its own project leader, but have no actual direct reports of my own. However, even embedded in this matrixed organization I've found lots of ideas for doing things better from Manager Tools and look forward to finding more in the podcasts and these forums.
Morag
Intro from New Mexico
Welcome!
John
Intro from New Mexico
Welcome Morag. Don't worry about semantics, if the tools work and help you out, there you are. :)
Intro from New Mexico
Morag,
Way cool ... I'm jealous! I can't think of many more places as exciting as out at the Los Alamos National Lab.
Welcome to Manager Tools ... we're thrilled that someone at the lab is getting value out of our work!
best regards,
Mike
Intro from New Mexico
[quote="mauzenne"]Morag,
Way cool ... I'm jealous! I can't think of many more places as exciting as out at the Los Alamos National Lab.
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Yeah, they could tell us all about it but then... :shock:
Welcome to the forums Morag.
Intro from New Mexico
Welcome Morag!
I agree that MT is very useful for non-managers as well. If you need to work with others to get things done, then you can learn a lot from MT. I used several tools in my previous role to work across the company with various departments to get my work done. Of course these are the exact same skills that will help others see you as a potential manager.
MadAmos
Intro from New Mexico
Morag,
Welcome. Great to have you here.
Regards
Karthik.
Intro from New Mexico
Welcome to the forums, Morag. The best project managers I know employ feedback, one-on-ones, etc. everyday.
Glad to have you here.
Intro from New Mexico
Los Alamos... SOOOO Cool. Richard Feynamnn worked there (as well as a few other Nobel laureates) once.
Glad you're here. Mike and I are jealous. I have given gifts of Trinitite to close friends in the past.
Mark