Skills

What makes a successful project manager?

A project manager needs to have a mix of attributes, but they have only two kinds of power: ’expert’ and ‘reverent or formal’ power. A...

Ethical management and corporate governance are about balancing the competing needs of all of the organisation's stakeholders, balancing...

Any reader familiar with the TV series hit 'The Office' (UK version) would notice people crouched over computer screens doing who knows...

A generally accepted definition of stakeholders is: individuals or groups that can be positively or negatively affected by the process or...

How we get on with others plays an important part in our mental health. These days, the workplace is not only where we spend most of our...

Describing scheduling, Earned Value and financial management as ‘project controls’ is dangerous. The steering mechanism on a car is a...

It sounds like the title of a great movie, but it’s a battle that is played out every day in every organisation that runs projects. I...

There is absolutely no point in communicating with someone if you do not want an effect. The effect you are seeking can vary dramatically:...

When it comes to winning hearts and minds to an idea, most leaders and communicators are not even playing on the right field. They remain...

These days it seems that everyone is a project manager. Even those of us in business-as-usual roles frequently find ourselves leading...