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How to provide constructive criticism

May 20, 2013

This is a guest post by Sarah Clare. As a project manager, there is sure to come a time when you have to address poor performance or substandard work. We all make mistakes, and we can all find ways to improve our work. When you are a project manager, it is your responsibility to make [...]

Effective Meetings: Reloaded

May 8, 2013

This is a guest post by Guillermo Solis. Managing successful meetings is not a new subject, but neither is a waste of time to refresh ourselves about how best to manage meetings. Below I have some suggestions to bear in mind before, during and after meetings, when we are in charge of the meeting. These [...]

My Life Is A PMP® Ethics Question!

April 29, 2013

This is an article by Jeff Furman, PMP®, whom I met at a PMI Congress one year, and we’ve stayed in touch since. Jeff has been a firm supporter of Social Media for Project Managers and I’m delighted to showcase some of his work here. Q. The sales rep for a software vendor and his [...]

Managing in a matrix – we are all project managers now!

April 10, 2013

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 [...]

3 ways to practise your leadership skills

April 1, 2013

This is a guest post by Mike Clayton, author of Brilliant Project Leader. True leadership is not something you do when it suits you. In fact, true leadership emerges when it is least convenient, in tough times, under extremes of pressure. These are the situations that separate out the good project managers from the poor, [...]

Storytelling – a key competence for project managers?

March 27, 2013

This is a guest post by Merv Wyeth, Project Management Consultant at Chanctonbury Associates Ltd. Imagine my delight at being selected to participate in an invitation-only event about management methods. However, a condition of entry is that each participant is expected to address their colleagues using a twenty minute TED talk format, which seems to [...]

5 Tips for making better decisions every day

March 13, 2013

This is a guest post by Ben Ferris. The decisions you make every single day on your projects will greatly affect the eventual outcome of them. This means that if you can learn to make better decisions then you should expect to run more successful projects. It sounds really simple and to be honest most [...]

Winning stakeholder support when time and energy are limited

February 25, 2013

This is a guest post by Jo Ann Sweeney. Why should project teams invest resources in communication activities is a question I’m often asked – both from people who are not convinced of the value, and also from those looking for the words to use with their leadership team. For me the crux of this [...]

The tipping point between effective leadership of change and the role of project managers

February 11, 2013

This is a guest post by John Roberts, director of project and change management consultancy myProteus. The clarity of corporate direction, the impact of project complexity and the effectiveness of project sponsorship significantly influence what project managers need to be able to cope with. What a good project manager looked like even 3 years ago [...]

The Inexorable Rise of PRINCE2®

February 4, 2013

This is a guest post by Simon Buehring The number of people gaining PRINCE2® qualifications just keeps on growing and growing. September 2012 saw the total number of PRINCE2 examinations being sat break through the one million mark. That’s a pretty remarkable figure especially since this has been achieved in just 16 years since PRINCE2 [...]

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