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How do you deal with a bad day?

January 23, 2012

In this video I ask 9 project managers how they deal with a bad day at work. With thanks to Todd, Samad, Nathaniel, Cindy, Adrienne, Cornelius, Taryn, Dave and Melanie. Filmed on location at PMI Global Congress North America 2011 in Dallas/Fort Worth.

The PMI Leadership Institute Meeting and Global Congress North America Roundup

November 25, 2011

There was a lot of online activity at this year’s PMI Leadership Institute Meeting and Global Congress this year, more than I’ve seen before. Here’s my round up of the best articles and commentary about the events. Blog posts Michael Moss writes about Congress Day 2, including the key note speakers and the contest to [...]

Attracting young people to PM: interview with Chris Field

November 2, 2011

Tomorrow is International Project Management Day, and the UK’s big event to celebrate is Synergy. Over 1000 project managers are due to converge on the O2 arena in London. I spoke to Chris Field, who is the UK PMI Chapter President and one of the organisers. When there is so much doom and gloom, and [...]

Introducing…the Cleland PM Literature Award winners

October 28, 2011

A Girl’s Guide to Project Management celebrates project management literature and writing in all forms. You’ll find project management book reviews, interviews with authors (like this one, and this one) and project management writing is what my company does. So it was a great honour to be invited to join the winners of the PMI [...]

Video Diary: PMI Global Congress North America, 25 October 2011

October 26, 2011

This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers my final day at PMI’s Global Congress North America. Thanks to Taryn, Jeff, Satish, Cassandra, Melanie and Adrienne for taking part in this video, and thanks to PMI for waiving my Congress entrance fee to enable me to attend. You can see the videos [...]

Video Diary: PMI Global Congress North America, 24 October 2011

October 25, 2011

This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers Day 2 of PMI’s Global Congress North America. Thanks to Kashif (who is quoted talking about one of his projects here), Evelyn and Joe for taking part in this video. The animal quiz formed part of the keynote presentation by Stefan Swanepoel. You [...]

Video Diary: PMI Global Congress North America, 23 October 2011

October 24, 2011

This episode of my video diary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, covers Day 1 of PMI’s Global Congress North America. Thanks to Brenda for taking part in this video. The speaker whose name she can’t remember is John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, who spearheaded the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Disclosure: PMI [...]

Video Diary: PMI LIM, 22 October 2011

October 24, 2011

Thanks to Chris, Samad and Jennifer for contributing to this video about the final day of the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting and awards ceremony. You can watch what happened at my first day at the LIM here. Disclosure: PMI waived my entrance fee to the LIM – thanks, guys!

Video Diary: PMI LIM, 21 October 2011

October 23, 2011

This video shows what happened on my first day at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Typically, just when I’m talking about there not being any pedestrians, one walks by. I have also found out about why there are so many Christmas decorations already up: the convention centre is preparing for it’s [...]

The PMP exam is changing!

July 13, 2011

The PMP exam changes next month. I spoke to Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP, tutor at UC Irvine Extension and herself a blogger, about the forthcoming changes. Margaret, how is the PMP exam changing in August? Approximately every five to seven years the Project Management Institute (PMI) revisits the role of the project manager to ensure [...]

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