Anastazja Michalak

Many books are written about leadership and leadership qualities and about how to be a leader, but you will never know what it is really like until you actually start performing the role of a leader and until you start acting like a leader. In my experience I have made several observations – as a…

How often do you document your meeting minutes? Do you pay enough attention to writing down all important information which is being shared with or among stakeholders? About decisions made? Do you follow up on each topic? Do you hold people accountable for what has been discussed and agreed? I have a firm believe that…

How many of you have heard this phrase when you called a helpdesk: “Hello! How can I help you?”? There are many companies that offer such customer support via phone in the catalogues of their services.  IT industry is one of them too. I am not familiar with other branches, but I may assure you…

It has been one week since I started a new job, almost one year since I changed my last job and again extended my career horizon. It is fascinating how any kind of change impacts the way I see the world, people, companies, development and myself. It is definitely true that the more changes you…

Ever since I started to work in projects, I saw in practice how important it is to have a goal, a purpose in whatever you do. It doesn’t matter if you are a project or program manager or a windows administrator. Maybe a trivial statement, but purpose unites people – into communities and teams. I…

I enjoy talking to people, they are my source of inspiration and information and energy. I do so many different observations during those conversations. In the past couple of months I spoke to some of my colleagues and friends and told them that I love what I do, in particular project management and leadership, I…

Since July 2019 I am participating in a new project, which is dedicated to reading. I have always loved reading and self-development, but I guess I was doing it not regularly, and definitely not every day. I realized I needed to discipline myself, and that is how I subscribed to the project where I read…