Why you should schedule around people, not tasks
Are you focusing on tasks when you should be focusing on people? Get your workflow under control by creating a plan that works for your resources: let me show you how.
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Who does what in Project Initiation in PRINCE2®
Initiating a project is where it all starts in PRINCE2®. This is the phase where you start working out who is going to do what. You also put in place all the required elements to make sure the project goes smoothly.
The Leadership Attitude
There has been a notable shift in recent years to talking about project leadership, as distinct from project management. Management, as the saying goes, is about doing things right, and leadership is about doing the right things. In reality, both leadership and management are often done by the same person – the project manager. But…
Agile Teams: Roles & Structures That Work
Learn what makes up an Agile team and the roles you’ll find within it, along with the team structures to use to set up your agile team for success.
6 Ways to Create Effective Working Relationships
These 6 tips will help you create effective working relationships with your colleagues. Learn how to connect with and influence others, creating social capital for long-lasting, trusting relationships at work.
NLP for Project Managers
This is a guest post by Peter Parkes, author of NLP for Project Managers. I recently found myself walking away from a project and used an NLP technique to help identify the root cause of my decision. At the same time I identified some lessons for leadership styles for project management. History of NLP A…
4 Key Drivers For Team Engagement
How can you best engage your team so they do their best work? Learn 4 techniques that work in this article.
Managing in a matrix – we are all project managers now!
This is a guest post by Kevan Hall, CEO of Global Integration. Project managers have had to deal with ‘matrix management’ for decades. They have to build the skills to manage short and long-term teams with representatives from different functions, regions and specialisations. The matrix actually first developed as a response to the need to…