There’s a hugely successful book that you’ve probably heard of and may have read called The 7 Habits of Highly…
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What has Zen got to do with the art of Project Management? Arguably, more than it has to do with…
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Hard power is familiar to us all. It’s the use of force. And economic power, in all of its forms…
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They say the ability to speak truth to power is a sign of real professional maturity. If that’s the case…
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If you ever want to innovate, create or change something, there is one thing you need to be ready for…
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Outsiders don’t realize it, but project management is a creative discipline. The nature of our work means we are constantly…
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Managers spend a lot of time making decisions, big and small. And we cannot be right all the time. But…
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Bringing stakeholders along with us is one of the keys to a successful project. But to influence people, you first…
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There’s no getting around negotiating. You need to negotiate scope choices with stakeholders, resources and budget with sponsors and role…
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When it comes to personal productivity, people expect managers to be super-efficient work machines. And many of us are, I’m…
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Nothing ever goes as planned. And I think there are two big reasons for this. First, the universe is no…
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“We’re project managers: we’re not politicians.” I find myself saying this quite a lot during training workshops and seminars, as…
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If ever there was a role that obviously requires the ability to multi-task, it must surely be ours: project management….
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