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Focus on Coaching: What a coach does, with Josh Nankivel

January 4, 2012

It’s January, which means it is cold and grey and we are looking to do things better than last year. That’s why I’m spending January focusing on coaching and the role it can play in improving your performance and that of your team. Today I’m talking to project management coach Josh Nankivel about what he [...]

Turning the Generation Gap upside down: 5 tips for working with Baby Boomers

December 7, 2011

PM Network last month reported that 65% of people feel that there is a generation gap in project management. We are living in the first period where five generations are working together in the workplace. Experienced (i.e. older) project managers now have Generation X and Generation Y people on their teams. The age differences at [...]

Ask the Smart PM: Networking Within the Organization

July 18, 2011

This is a guest post by Conrado Morlan, the Smart PM. Dear Smart PM… I am a new hire at the project management office of a large corporation. I had been working in project management for several years as a freelancer. Although I consider myself to be a good networker, I found difficulties networking within [...]

Two career resources

July 2, 2010

Two new career resources for you today: Stepping into Project Management Stepping into Project Management is a new website from Soma Bhattacharya which aims to pair novice and experienced project managers together to form mentoring relationships. You might know Soma from her blog: she’s an Assistant Project Manager who started out on her journey to [...]

6 More tips for getting taken seriously at work

April 12, 2010

Last month I wrote an article for The Glass Hammer on being taken seriously at work. I was surprised at the feedback I got and at how many people worry about not being considered a serious player in the office. Young women seem to suffer the most – at least, I’m most aware of it [...]

Going up? Taking a sideways step in the job market

March 8, 2010

The career path for a project manager is pretty straightforward. Start on project support and small projects, manage bigger and bigger projects, then become a programme manager. Some people would argue that programme management and project management are different skill sets and programme management is not necessarily the natural progression. But programme managers earn more [...]

How to travel for work

October 28, 2009

This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Office Goddess

Don’t arrive hot and bothered. It’s OK to take off your coat and jacket on public transport. Honestly, you don’t have to sit there baking, although people on the Tube seem to think there are laws against undressing.* Know where you are going. That means maps! And/or an accurate postcode for GPS. Plus phone number [...]

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 [...]

Project management scholarships

July 24, 2009

It’s nice to see that someone is doing something to help out of work project managers. ESI International have announced a $500,000 scholarship programme for out-of-work technical professionals – if you are a US resident. The scholarship funds are designed to cover the ‘majority’ of course fees (which is the cost of the course minus [...]

What are you worth?

May 5, 2009

Apparently the average salary for a programme manager is £70,196, down from £72,510 this time last year, according to G2, an IT specific recruitment agency. The range of programme manager salaries is actually much narrower than I was expecting, with the average minimum being £65,513 (last year – £66,711) and maximum being £74,990 (last year [...]

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