Margaret Meloni

Managing interpersonal tensions within a team can be one of the most demanding aspects of leadership for project managers. While many perceive conflict as a barrier to productivity, reframing this mindset can turn disputes into valuable opportunities for innovation. By leveraging emotional intelligence and a structured mediation process, leaders can cultivate an environment where conflict becomes a catalyst for growth rather than a source of division. Conflict is often seen as a destructive...

You’re micromanaging. And you hate it. Don’t beat yourself up. Set yourself up for success. Perhaps you have found yourself reviewing minor communications and attending unnecessary meetings. Or jumping in and completing project work because you think that you can do it faster, and with fewer errors. I can relate. I remember staying in the office late on a Friday evening to complete an assignment for a team member, so that she could leave early for vacation. I was pretty proud of myself. I was...

Greetings! I hope that 2026 finds you. This is not meant to be an incomplete wish - I hope that the year finds you and I encourage you to fill-in-the-blank as to exactly how the year finds you, or how you find the year. We start with how things are. I look forward to continuing this journey with you. This journey of life and death, of love and loss, and of grief and joy. In the past, I have shared episodes of the Death Dhamma podcast with you, and I have shared books and articles that I have...

If your standups are broken, it is time to fix it. Start this week. Your team will thank you. Standups can balloon to 20+ minutes, people ramble about every detail, discussions spiral into problem-solving sessions, or nobody actually listens to anyone else. The team checks out. You don't surface real blockers. And everyone walks away thinking "I could have done actual work instead." But it doesn't have to be this way. Today we look at the most common challenges, and consider easy to implement...

Many years ago, a coworker, whom I really admired, lost her husband to cancer. At this stage in my life, I had some experience with death and grief, but nothing as intense as what she was experiencing. I recall sending her a card and writing something along the lines of, “If you need anything, just ask. As always, I am here for you.” Later, I would regret my choice of words. Not because she asked for anything. She did not. I realized that my words were hollow and they only made me feel better...