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Bookmark this Resource List for PMP prep
If you’re planning to go for your PMP or you know someone who is but doesn’t know where to start, I’m sharing the list of valuable learning materials that I used to prepare for and pass the PMP exam. Quick update! Last month I achieved a project management milestone – sat for and passed the…
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Reflections on my last 6 months in program management
You don’t have to scroll back far to see how in 2021 I was deep into learning and professional development, specifically in Agile, project management, and Scrum. I had started my last role in February 2020 (a boomerang employee!), brought on to launch a series of pilot programs, and on a small team quickly had…
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Finisher!
Kicked off October by finishing my first Olympic triathlon! I love a daunting challenge and this was perfect considering I couldn’t run a city block at the start of 2021. My longest run in the summer was a 5k, and then week by week was able to work up to a 10k after hours of…
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Let’s try that again! Training for Tri #2
Since May, I’ve been training for my second-ever triathlon 😅 My first triathlon was back in October 2019. I loved it! A month or so later, I signed up for two more in the upcoming year to give it another try: the Philadelphia Women’s Tri & the Jersey Girl Tri. The only thing I love…
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Google Project Management Cert Achieved! 🚀
Earlier this month I completed Google’s Project Management Certificate hosted on Coursera. The program consisted of 6 courses, including one capstone project. This was my first experience working through a Coursera program, and I wanted share some highlights for anyone considering it. The Sweet 🍬 The Time Commitment Google says it can be completed in…
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Goals: Making 2021 an agile year
When 2021 started, I wanted to learn. Learn as in go in depth into a subject matter, acquire a new skill, refine existing skills, reengage. After a year of changing every plan and spending an enormous amount of cognitive energy on worrying about loved ones, trying to stay healthy, and digesting dozens of news articles…
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Reading List: November 2019
Here are some pieces I read in November that stuck with me. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro – This is a novel about relationships. Period. And destiny. Ishiguro asks his readers to think about how much of our lives is mapped out for us before we are even born. The circumstances in which…
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Why did I choose to do a triathlon?
This is a continuation of my last update about completing my first triathlon. Here I get into why I chose to do it in the first place and how I got started preparing for it. It started with a shattered pint glass. Or rather, that was the tipping point that got me to commit to myself,…
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🏊♀️ 🚴♀️ 🏃🏽♀️ I’m a Triathlete
Hey Readers, I am so excited to share a milestone. After several months of training, on October 6, 2019 I completed my first triathlon, a sprint race in Belmar, NJ. I am officially a triathlete! I have tons of notes on why I decided to take on this specific challenge as well as what I…
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Robocalls – What Works?
I was momentarily comforted to know that I am not alone in receiving a ridiculous amount of automated calls each day. No one called yesterday — maybe they were busy celebrating their mothers before starting up again on Monday. The Problem My phone receives between 7-10 calls per day. I’ve had enough! The Unlikely Solution I…
Shea Furey-King 