How often do you give positive praise or other feedback to your team? Probably every day, even if you don't realize it. In this article, I'm looking at 4 different styles for giving feedback to a colleague as a manager. My style for giving feedback is one of positive praise. I say things ... READ the POST
7 Most Important Leadership Behaviors for Female Project Managers
While I was researching my book, Customer-Centric Project Management, I came across a piece of research in the Project Management Journal about women's leadership skills. 'Project Management Leadership Behaviors and Frequency of Use by Female Project Managers' by Charlotte Neuhauser, PMP, looks ... READ the POST
Business Analyst & Project Manager Relationship: Collaborate for Success
This is a guest post by Laura Brandenburg, describing how to get the best out of the project manager and business analyst relationship. Before I forget, I want to be sure you know about Laura’s Quick Start to Success as a Business Analyst training (it’s free) that’s designed to help you business ... READ the POST
Top 10 Books on Change Management (2020 edition)
Change management is so important for making sure that the change you deliver is embedded in the organisation. In other words, if you want people to use what you create -- or to shift their ways of working to the new standards and processes you implement -- then you have to help them through the ... READ the POST
9 Essential Project Documents (With Templates)
I picked up a project from someone else not that long ago and I was three months into my management of it before I realised there wasn’t a project charter. There were lots of other documents that all had a degree of overlap with a charter, but not an actual charter. That meant there were some key ... READ the POST
How to maintain a positive attitude about work
The skies are grey around our way. And with everything else happening in the world, it can feel like a challenge to keep a positive attitude at work when team members are preoccupied or just don't want to work on your project. Someone got in touch recently with that exact point, and asked: “How ... READ the POST