Seven Stupid Mistakes Managers Make (and What to Do Instead)
Are you making any of these management mistakes? Here are 7 errors that you really want to avoid in the workplace.
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.
NLP for Project Managers
This is a guest post by Peter Parkes, author of NLP for Project Managers. I recently found myself walking away from a project and used an NLP technique to help identify the root cause of my decision. At the same time I identified some lessons for leadership styles for project management. History of NLP A…
4 Steps for More Effective Meetings
Time spent in such meetings is only wasted if they are unproductive and don’t have any actionable outcome. Learn about how to improve the efficiency of your meetings in 4 simple steps. Proper preparation and follow up will help you streamline your meetings.
A Guide to Project Meetings & How to Get the Best Out of Them
In this guide to project meetings learn about the different types of meeting you’ll hold on your project (and one to definitely avoid!). There are also some tips on how to make your attendees feel as if the meeting is relevant to them.
The Benefits of Agile Approach to Meetings
Take a page from Agile and have better, more efficient meetings with your team, even virtual ones. You can learn how to here.
How to Navigate Internal Politics on Projects
Managing stakeholders doesn’t always go to plan. These insights from author Jake Holloway will help you better prepare to work with difficult people on projects. Learn why your team doesn’t always act in the project’s best interest and what you can do about it.
4 Key Drivers For Team Engagement
How can you best engage your team so they do their best work? Learn 4 techniques that work in this article.
How Leadership Affects Projects (And How You Can Lead Yours)
Leadership makes a huge difference to project success. Find out why and what you can do to boost your own leadership skills, whatever level you are in the organisation. Author Sarah Coleman shares her tips for career growth in this interview.
Project Management Collaboration Tools FAQ
Answers to questions from a recent subscriber’s only webinar on collaboration tools in project management that I hosted.
What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol
I interviewed Jordan Husney of Parabol to find out more about the state of Agile software tools and what it takes to launch one.
Parabol: Improve your retrospectives
Are you looking for a tool to run retrospective meetings? In this Parabol review, I’ll share the pros and cons of the popular tool – it could be the right product for your agile team. Summary Product: Parabol Cost and plans: Free plan for up to 2 teams Hosting model: Cloud and on-premise Languages: The…
How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders
This is a guest article by Christine Unterhitzenberger. Most project managers will have experienced a situation where they have found a stakeholder to be really difficult. This often causes stress and it’s challenging for project managers to find ways to deal with it. A recent study by Dr Clara Cheung and colleagues found that project…