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Anatomy of an effective project manager

There are five particular personal characteristics that can make a person effective as a project manager: the need to be an extrovert, to display personal courage, to possess a measure of charisma, to have a ‘can do’ attitude and to be a good team worker, states PM Oracles. Do you agree?

March 5, 2013

Skills

Interpersonal skills and you

Interpersonal skills often get a bad rap as being ‘common sense’ or ‘fluffy’, with people giving more of their time and attention to develop their technical skills. Michelle LaBrosse has a case for why they shouldn’t be overlooked.

February 27, 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

What makes a successful project manager?

A project manager’s success must primarily come from their leadership qualities, and their expertise and ability to ‘walk the talk’. It is not necessary to know everything about the project being delivered, but people skills are paramount, note PM Oracles.

November 22, 2012

Philanthropist funds University of Sydney project centre

John Grill, recently retired chief executive of international engineering and project services company WorleyParsons, has donated $20 million to the University of Sydney for a project management initiative: the John Grill Centre for Project Leadership.

October 25, 2012

News

Forget core messages, project managers need buy-in

When it comes to winning hearts and minds to an idea, most leaders and communicators are not even playing on the right field. Does your project deserve better communication? Here’s how to attain buy-in, writes Geoff Kelly.

August 7, 2012

How stakeholder buy-in leads to project success

Attaining stakeholder buy-in is one of the most important steps in the communication process when managing a project. It ensures that the project team has the passion to do the project, that the executive team will support your efforts, and that external stakeholders will understand and accept the project. Nicholas Barnett shares some lessons from his book ‘GPS Your Organisation’.

April 5, 2012

Review: The Well-Balanced Leader—Ron Roberts

Roberts’ new book, The Well-Balanced Leader, is written from the perspective of nine attributes that real leaders need to be successful in the workplace.

March 21, 2012

Leadership