The case for diversity in project management

Not so long ago, the biggest cohort of project managers was engineers close to retirement. Today, project management draws practitioners from all walks of life and diversity has proved beneficial for the discipline.

June 17, 2020

• Managing
• Professional Development
• Stakeholders
• Teamwork

Project and organisational barriers in the site inspection phase—Amish Trilok Joshi

This paper describes the site inspection phase of a solar installation, the problems it encountered and how they were rectified at the time.

February 19, 2018

• Whitepapers

8 innovation rituals for your organisation

It might sound counter-intuitive to link rituals with innovation, but experience shows the two actually go hand-in-hand. Here are Ivan Seselj’s eight suggestions to make it happen in your organisation.

September 28, 2016

• Teamwork

Leading a motivated project team

Every project is primarily a social situation and within each situation are five elements that can be a motivational reward or a threat to an individual. Dr Lynda Bourne says a leader must get the mix right to drive a motivated team.

June 7, 2016

• Leadership
• Teamwork

Project leadership is not project control

In all but the simplest of projects, there will be at least one element that will fall outside the control of the project manager, but leadership is not about maintaining this control, argues editor Adeline Teoh.

March 14, 2016

• Blogs

Change leaders need information and empathy

Leaders need access to information and a degree of empathy from their peers and senior leadership to successfully fulfil their duties as change leaders, writes Elissa Farrow. Here’s how to support them.

March 7, 2016

• Blogs
• Change

Leadership in organisational change

A successful change culture depends on the leadership team signalling their commitment to change, writes Ivan Seselj. Not only does this set the vision for what the business is trying to achieve, it empowers key change agents.

February 25, 2016

• Change

How to support change leaders

Elissa Farrow offers some practical strategies for leaders and change managers to ensure that those key to the change are suitably supported and focused on achieving the benefits required.

February 22, 2016

• Blogs
• Change