Resources for Remote Work (2020)
Here are some free and paid resources that you might find useful to help you keep your projects and teams moving forward, wherever you find yourself based over the coming weeks.
Latest Project Management Articles
Get Your Projects Fit with The Lazy Project Manager
Find out how to health check your projects in this interview with Peter Taylor (The Lazy Project Manager).
The Social Project Manager [Interview]
Learn more about social project management and how collaboration on projects is affected by the social tools we have available to us. I interview Peter Taylor, otherwise known as The Lazy Project Manager, to understand how we can balance collaboration with the centralised governance required in order to deliver successful projects in today’s workplace.
GanttPRO Review + Mini Tutorial
Check out my GanttPRO review to find out if this Gantt chart software is right for you. Also includes a mini tutorial.
How to Lead Effective Virtual Teams [Tips & Book Review]
Leading Effective Virtual Teams is one of the harder books I have had to review, but one of the easiest to read. It’s very practical, and the format makes it possible to dip in to get some advice on what’s bothering your team wherever you are in the project management life cycle. Read the whole review here.
How to Build Trust in Virtual Teams [Book Review & Tips]
Trust matters because it helps build a resilient project team. Trust helps get things done. Trusted team members not only do only what is asked, but what the project needs them to do, because they know that the project manager will trust their decisions and actions. Trust is a shortcut to better working relationships and…
How Organizations Can Set up New Project Leaders for Success
Understand and learn what new project leaders and managers need to be successful with these tips for project leader success.
The Future of Work: It’s Already Here
The future of work means we need to be both better at working with software, and better at working with our colleagues. Learn some tips on how to do so.
How to Use a Work OS to Supercharge Your Project Management
A work operating system (work OS) is an online work management tool that lets you work the way you want to. Teams need flexible solutions that allow you to manage project and non-project work in the same tool.
Have you tried Gantter?
Gantter is fully-featured project management software that lets you create Gantt charts. It has complete Google integration so you can use it individually, or collaboratively with your team.
Project Management Job Descriptions Explained!
In this article, we’ll look at the things that make up a typical project management job description, and then look at some specialist industries plus the role of a junior project manager.
Project Management in the Hundred Acre Wood
We’ve been doing 360 degree assessments at work and when I was asked to describe a colleague as a shape, color, animal or fictional character, and to explain my reasoning, I drew a blank. Matching shapes to people is not my strong point. Some of you may know that my Master’s degree is in Children’s…