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Developing inclusivity from within a project team

In her previous posts on project team inclusivity, Elissa Farrow wrote on how change needs to start with reflection. Here she describes what a team needs to do to put that into practice.

December 9, 2013

Inclusivity through reflective practice on project teams

In her last post, Elissa Farrow wrote about inclusivity rather than diversity on teams. To build inclusive project teams we need to understand our own views, values and beliefs through some reflective practice.

December 5, 2013

Building inclusivity on project teams

Elissa Farrow visits Nigeria, where project management is seen as a key part of the country’s progress. Diversity therefore needs to be addressed, but the key word is actually inclusivity.

November 25, 2013

How committed is your project team?

How can we have people working in a project team prove their commitment and, moreover, how can we put those people to the test? asks Roger LaSalle. It’s all down to planning and buy-in of the goals

October 16, 2013

Most project stakeholders don’t understand risk

Few stakeholders really appreciate the difference between a risk threshold, the aggregate effect of the total risk exposure created by the project, and the organisation’s risk tolerance. Lynda Bourne says this needs to change with education.

October 15, 2013

Projects with happy endings

Don’t look back, the motivational poster read, that’s not the way you’re going. ‘Bull!’ thought editor Adeline Teoh. ‘Look back to see how far you’ve come.’ How do you celebrate the end of a project?

October 14, 2013

7 critical skills for project managers

If you’re looking for a project management job, the list of skills that employers expect can be pretty daunting. Jason Westland lists 7 of the most critical skills for project management.

October 10, 2013

Is project complexity an excuse for bad management?

Pat Weaver believes complexity is poorly understood in management circles, leading to excuses for bad management when in fact complexity is being mistaken for ambiguity, which can be managed and controlled.

October 2, 2013

Did you mean to collaborate on this project?

We say: “What we are going to do is collaborate on this project to get great outcomes,” but do we really know what we are saying when we say it? Do we know what we are committing to? asks Danielle Annells.

September 18, 2013

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