From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Book season is over!

August 31, 2009

This year’s Summer of Books event has come to an end. If you missed any of the reviews, I’ve put them all on an index page which you can see here, or click ‘Reviews’ from the top menu bar. I did say I would review Growing Software, but that’s queued up for an issue of [...]

Book review: From Lemons to Lemonade

August 26, 2009

Dean A Shepherd’s new book From Lemons to Lemonadefrom Wharton School Publishing is about making the most of your mistakes. It discusses how to best learn from failure in the fastest possible way, so you can use those lessons for your next corporate (or personal) challenge. Projects (and project managers) fail all the time. In [...]

Giveaway: PM Crash Course

August 24, 2009

If you missed out on the giveaways of Why New Systems Fail and Thank God It’s Monday! don’t worry – I have another book to giveaway and this one comes with a fab CD. Rita Mulchay is a renowned author and speaker and this is one of her top books. I need to apologise to [...]

Book review: PM Crash Course

August 20, 2009

“Do not waste your time with this book unless you are ready to implement what it contains!” warns Rita Mulchay in chapter one of PM Crash Course: Premier Edition. “Make your decision now! Do you have the guts to be a better project manager?” This book is one long high five. You can imagine Mulcahy [...]

Giveaway: still time to enter!

August 18, 2009

It’s not too late to enter the giveaway to win a copy of Phil Simon’s book, Why New Systems Fail: Theory and Practice Collide. Simply send me a message with the content: My systems are failing! If it’s your name out of the hat then I’ll contact you to ask for your postal address details. [...]

Book Review: Beyond the Boys’ Club

August 17, 2009

This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series Office Goddess

I’ve reviewed a lot of books this summer. Have I become better connected to my scattered team? Hardly. Have I become more lazy as a project manager. No (but I’m trying). Have I rethought my entire approach to work? Yes. Step forward Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris. Beyond the Boys’ Club presents career strategies for women working [...]

Equality for women at work – or not?

August 12, 2009

Oh dear. The Equality Bill is making it’s way through Parliament and will become law in the autumn next year. I’ve been following its progress because it includes a controversial clause that makes positive discrimination lawful. As I’ve said before positive discrimination does nothing to support women in the workplace. The consultation for the bill [...]

Book review: The Lazy Project Manager

August 10, 2009

Pull up a comfy chair, pour yourself a drink and wait for the project team to come to you. Welcome to the world of productive project management laziness, and Peter Taylor is the laziest of all. In a good way. Peter’s book, The lazy project manager: How to be twice as productive and still leave [...]

Book review winner!

August 7, 2009

Well done to Karen, from Lakeville in the United States, who wins a copy of Thank God It’s Monday! by Roxanne Emmerich. Karen – your book is on its way! If you missed out, you could still be in with a chance to win a copy of Why New Systems Fail. Click here to find [...]

Flat management: an interview with Susan Bloch and Philip Whiteley

August 5, 2009

Earlier this week I reviewed How to Manage in a Flat World: 10 Strategies to get connected to your team wherever they are by Susan Bloch and Philip Whiteley. I was really interested in the shift towards flat structure management and a more coherent approach to managing dispersed teams, so I spoke to the authors [...]

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