Remote workers prefer trust over technology

It’s something project managers working with remote teams have always known: it is more effective to build a working relationship based on trust than to rely on surveillance technology to monitor team members’ productivity.

October 12, 2020

• News

Flexibility is key to post-COVID work practices

Research conducted by global recruitment firm Robert Walters shows that Australia still has traditional working barriers to overcome if flexibility is to become the ‘new normal’ in a post-COVID world.

July 2, 2020

• News

The benefits of true collaboration

The art of composing music doesn’t seem to have very many direct links to project management but it can teach us about collaborative outcomes, writes editor Adeline Teoh.

July 25, 2016

• Blogs

Agile innovation in project management

Whereas classic project management is largely considered prescriptive, agile project management seeks to develop the vision of the future and the ability to explore, which is why it is ideal for innovation activities, writes Rami Shakour.

April 6, 2016

• Methodologies

Flexibility key to retaining women at work

The Australian Women in Resources Alliance has launched its Guide to Flexible Work to help the resources and construction sector increase workforce gender diversity.

March 8, 2016

• News

Contracting versus permanent: Employment management as a project manager

Although contractors get paid more than permanently employed project managers, they don’t have the same job security. But how much freedom do they have to manage their employment? asks Andrew Wayland.

March 5, 2014

• Professional Development

Contracting versus permanent: Job security as a project manager

Contractors usually earn 25%+ more than their permanent counterparts because they offer their clients the flexibility to end or extend their contract fairly easily. But does that mean their role is less secure? Andrew Wayland weighs up the risk and rewards.

March 4, 2014

• Professional Development

Are project workers more cost effective than permanent staff?

For the last hundred years, the talent engagement model has relied on permanent staff, but the model no longer accurately reflects the reality of 21st century talent engagement. Enter the project worker, writes Matthew Franceschini.

September 4, 2013

• Professional Development