TL;DR: Sound judgment at work means consistently choosing the best available option under incomplete information, time pressure, and competing priorities. It’s the most-paid skill at senior levels because it’s the hardest to automate and the easiest to misjudge in hiring. You prove you have it by showing a documented pattern of calls you made, the […]
Tag: PM skills 2026
If There Is Any Doubt, There’s No Doubt: The Decision Rule Every Project Leader Needs (and When to Break It)
In the 1998 thriller Ronin, Robert De Niro plays Sam, a wary ex-operative who refuses to walk into a meeting that doesn’t smell right. Pressed on it, he offers the rule he lives by: “Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt.” Asked who taught him that, he says he can’t remember — which, […]
The 15-Minute Mid-Year Career Review: 5 Steps to Save Your 2026 Goals
Be honest: do you remember the career goals you set in January? Most professionals don’t — not because the goals were bad, but because nobody schedules a moment to check on them. Companies run mid-year performance reviews. Your career deserves the same discipline, minus the paperwork. That’s the mid-year career review: fifteen minutes, five steps, […]