Blogs

Organisational culture levers for employee engagement

Organisational culture is enriched by a commitment to open communication, ethics and values and innovation. Elissa Farrow shows how these combined can lead to a culture of engagement.

February 20, 2013

Blogs
Change

How to build daily engagement

Connection between work and organisational strategy is critical part of building employee engagement. Elissa Farrow says there’s a lot you can do to build engagement in day-to-day activities.

February 14, 2013

Practice makes project management

Qualifications and certifications give you a good foundation for managing projects, but there’s nothing quite like the lessons you learn when you’re a project practitioner, writes Adeline Teoh.

February 8, 2013

Blogs

What can your project do for me?

Why do projects fail? Project managers revisit this question every now and again in a moment of introspection and it’s hard to argue with the answer offered by Henry Cho, UX practitioner: “Projects fail when they fail users.” Editor Adeline Teoh on how to see value from another perspective.

January 30, 2013

Blogs

Building a high engagement culture

In this series, Elissa Farrow charts the importance of high engagement for your project team and how that engagement translates into project success down the line.

January 29, 2013

Are project managers afraid of their own genius?

When you think of the word ‘genius’, what first comes to mind? Perhaps Albert Einstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, or Isaac Newton. You may be imagining someone who is very different from yourself. Michelle LaBrosse says you should instead look in the mirror.

January 18, 2013

Blogs

6 project management lessons: 2012 in review

In 2012 we once again witnessed a litany of damage, deception and disaster—and that was just in Parliament. However, some of the year’s biggest news stories garnered surprising project management lessons. Editor Adeline Teoh reviews the year past.

January 16, 2013

Desperately seeking (successful) strategy

Strategy, almost by definition is about the big picture. It’s about being comprehensive, across the whole landscape of issues and opportunities, trends and events. Where have you used strategic thinking and planning to help your project team open up a new future? asks David Jago.

January 7, 2013

Blogs

Getting the change management right to realise benefits

Did you know that successful benefits realisation is directly related to ensuring that people use the outcomes of the projects or programs? Elissa Farrow explains how.

January 3, 2013

Blogs
Change