How to Create a Project Team Culture with Colin Ellis
Learn more about creating a project team culture in this question and answer session with Colin Ellis.
Author: Elizabeth Harrin
Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004 and has worked extensively in project delivery for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is also the founder of the Project Management Rebels community, a mentoring group for professionals. She's written several books for project managers including Managing Multiple Projects.
Are You A Workplace Bully?
You might not even know that you are a workplace bully. Here’s what to check in your own behaviour as well of the risks of what might happen if you don’t.
Estimate at Completion: A Complete Guide + Template
Learn Estimate at Completion is for project managers, how to use it (because there are 4 different ways) along with examples + a free template.
6 Real Project Managers Show You How To Manage Multiple Projects
Six real project managers share how they stay on top of multiple projects. Their tips will help you manage your own workload and stay organised! There’s things in here that I had never come across before that will change the way I juggle my workload. It’s great to learn from each other!
Which of These 3 Mistakes Managers Make Do You Make?
These 3 fundamental management mistakes hit everyone at some point in their career. Learn what to look for and how to avoid these behaviours tripping you up. Great tips for keeping your work moving forward and your team happy!
How to Improve Problem Solving with Lessons Learned
Expand your problem solving toolkit by using your lessons learned log to uncover potential problems.
10 Tips for Presenting at Work
Presenting in meetings or to your boss is always a bit nerve-wracking. Here are 10 tips for giving a fantastic work presentation.
How to help your team manage project risk
Here’s how project managers can help their teams manage project risk effectively, so that everyone benefits from effective risk management.
Does social media make projects more complex?
Social media is a de facto standard for businesses these days. Brands can thrive or wither on the quality of their social media manager and some networks can be ruthless. Campaigns and tweets can stick in customers’ memories for a long time: who can forget the Colin the Caterpillar struggles? (#FreeCuthbert!) They even made it…
How agile is your team (and what you can do about it!)
This is a guest article by David Daly. Did you know, one survey found that the most common reason to adopt agile is to be able to deliver products more quickly? Yet the same survey found that 75% of people did not believe their organisation had a culture that supported agile ways of working. This…
How Options Give You Confidence At Work
The tip that has helped me most throughout my career is knowing that I have options. You have to work to get options, but once you have a strategy for your exit, you can face every difficult day at work with choices. That’s helped me get through many challenging projects.
The 6 Things Every Stakeholder Wants
These are the 6 things you need to focus on to keep your stakeholders happy. If you concentrate these items, you’ll address your stakeholders’ needs. The list is based on Emad Aziz’s presentation at a PMI Global Congress event.