Tis the season for hustle and bustle. For visiting friends and family – and frantically making a pie. For clearing your desk before the end of the year – without nearly enough time. For shipping and shopping, and ordering and mailing – and wondering whether the cute teddy bear ended up with your 7-year-old niece or your 17-year-old nephew. If it’s beginning to seem a bit overwhelming, take a step back and breathe deeply.

In this issue of Cheetah News, we’ll help you look at your holiday season from a Project Management viewpoint. First, check out our tips for turning chaos into calm in “Deck the Halls without Climbing the Walls", and read this month’s Know How Network article for even more helpful hints. And if the concept of making resolutions for the New Year isn’t one you enjoy pondering, we’ll help you through that, as well, when you read “Don’t Cringe when You Say Resolution.”
 

Don’t forget to learn more about our Communicating through Conflict course in our December PDU Corner – you might be surprised how helpful it can be in your personal, as well as your professional, life.

Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Chief Cheetah

If I Just Had More...

During the holiday season, many of us look for more – free shipping with online orders, free gift wrap with a purchase, great sales that make our dollars worth more. But if you had to choose just one of these “mores,” which one would it be? Click on our survey link above, and let us know what’s on your list this year.