ROWE: The Results-Based Culture that Supercharges Team Accountability
Learn what ROWE is and how it can shape your team into something where truly exceptional results and high accountability are possible.
Teams
Learn how to manage teams and create the environment to help people do their best work.
7 Most Important Leadership Behaviors for Female Project Managers
While I was researching my book, Customer-Centric Project Management, I came across a piece of research in the Project Management Journal about women’s leadership skills. ‘Project Management Leadership Behaviors and Frequency of Use by Female Project Managers’ by Charlotte Neuhauser, PMP, looks at what women think are the most important leadership characteristics and then whether…
Business Analyst & Project Manager Relationship: Collaborate for Success
A business analyst should be the project manager’s greatest partner. Learn how to leverage the skills and competencies of a business analyst on your project team to get a successful result and a more streamlined implementation.
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.
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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…
Project Leadership In Uncertain Environments with Carole Osterweil
It seems like more and more of the projects we’re working on as project managers are tricky in non-conventional ways. The environment is shifting as we’re trying to do the work. Or the political situation changes. Suddenly what you thought you were delivering is actually not that after all. It’s not just me feeling like…
How to Be a Mentor
It’s a great honour to be asked to mentor someone, and whether that arrangement comes about as a result of an informal discussion or a formal corporate scheme, you should take the commitment to be a mentor seriously. It’s also a good career opportunity for you – working with a more junior project manager can…
How to Delegate Tasks With More Confidence and Less Stress
Learn how to delegate tasks effectively. This huge guide will step you through exactly what you need to at work to help others succeed in their tasks. These simple tools will give you more confidence and less stress at work.
Is your project team a sales force in disguise?
This is a guest post by Jon Swain, President of Ten Six Consulting. Strong project sponsorship is critical to ensuring that your project is a success. One of the roles of a sponsor is to champion the project and the project team. This includes making sure the project gets the recognition and resources it requires….
Advising Upwards: Interview with Dr Lynda Bourne
Today I’m interviewing Dr Lynda Bourne, author of Advising Upwards: A Framework for Understanding and Engaging Senior Management Stakeholders (Gower, 2011). Lynda is CEO of Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd, a training and consultancy firm based in Australia. Lynda, your book is about helping project managers communicate better with executive stakeholders. Let’s start at the beginning….
Focus on Coaching: Susanne Madsen on the power of questions
This short series is looking at coaching in a project management environment. Today I’m interviewing Susanne Madsen, author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and herself a coach. Hello Susanne. Tell me, what made you go into coaching in the first place? I started coaching and mentoring project managers because I wanted to make a…
Focus on Coaching: expert team coaching with Phil Hayes
Phil Hayes is a coach with over 20 years experience in team development. He’s executive director of London training and coaching company Management Futures. I spoke to Phil about how team coaching can work with project teams. Phil, I’ve heard about coaching individuals, and I can see how you could extend that to a functional…