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The Downside of 'Tough it Out'

by Lonnie Pacelli

Trying to "tough it out" at the expense of your health and well-being not only doesn’t make good sense, but can be harmful to your work, your colleagues, your loved ones, and yourself. Get help recognizing the warning signs.

Career Development

Celebrating PMI Volunteers on International Volunteer Day

by PMI

In honor of the community, we've curated webinars from the PMI Educational Foundation and volunteer groups at PMI that showcase how PMI volunteers and project professionals are making a difference worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

Understanding Stakeholders' AI Apprehensions

by Joe Wynne

Before you can properly communicate and address artificial intelligence risks in your projects, you need to understand what concerns key stakeholders have. Here are some examples to get you started.

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Wellness and Leadership

by Nic Jain, Aung Sint, Praveena Pentakota, Faisal Patel
December 04, 2024 | 56:26 | Views: 1,785 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.64 / 5

The importance of wellness and its impact to your leadership

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PM Fundamentals: Project Success Starts Early

by Fred Wenger III, PMP

Project managers must be action oriented and task focused, and must build and train their project team to follow these principles. These PM fundamentals are good reminders on how to keep your project on track.


4 Tips for Pragmatic Customer Centricity

by Lonnie Pacelli

Your job as a project manager is to help your customer’s overall success. To help you along in your customer-centric journey, here are four tips to consider.


The PMO Whack-a-Mole

by Andy Jordan

PMOs have to adjust to hit whatever problem sticks its head up next. If they are operational focused, they are constantly hitting the same problem regardless of whether it's currently an issue. How can PMOs better adapt in the future?


Are You a Chronic Canceler?

by Lonnie Pacelli

Most of you have experience working with a chronic canceler. Or even worse, you yourself may be a chronic canceler: sending those last-minute declines because something else came up. Here's why you need to change your behavior.


Continual Project Management: Life After Corporate America

by Michael Huber

After leaving the grind of corporate America, this PM learned to return to how we are meant to live as human beings: focusing on the present instead of stumbling over it while being distracted by both the past and future. Now he's using PM skills in their rawest form.


Is There a Future in Program Management?

by Andy Jordan

Program managers have been adrift. No one has really been focusing on them, and it has become viewed as a less attractive career option. With strategic portfolio management, that’s stating to change.


Topic Teasers Vol. 173: Who Reports to Whom in a PMO?

by Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA

Question: We are a relatively new organization, but we’ve been successful enough and expanded for two years. Now my boss has asked me to set up a PMO. But I don’t really understand who reports to whom and how the structure of this should be set up to make it the most appropriate, and the most beneficial, for my workplace. Is there a model I should follow, or should I just make up my own?


What Is Your PMO’s Elevation? (aka Stirring up the Hornet’s Nest)

by George Freeman, PMP

Is it possible that your PMO exists somewhere between two common polar extremes? If that is you, this article may hold a strategy that provides entry to the navigational helm,...but its cost may be more than you’re willing to pay.



Fonterra Waitoa Biomass Boiler Project NZ

by Prawindra Mukhia, PMP, PgMP, Deepinder Joshi, Sarah Davenport, Alison Tidwell
December 02, 2024 | 61:02 | Views: 968 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.55 / 5

Fonterra has taken another step towards its low carbon transition with its Waitoa site in the Waikato (North Island NZ) installing a 30 megawatt wood biomass boiler to replace a coal boiler. The new boiler has reduced the site’s annual emissions by a forecast 48,000 tonnes of CO2e, the equivalent of taking approximately 20,000 cars off New Zealand’s roads. The Project Team worked as a “Community of People” with a strong focus on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, as well as demonstrating effective Project and Programme Management to deliver Decarbonisation at scale, resulting in a hugely successful project.


Unlocking Creativity and Problem Solving: Teaching Project Management to Kids

by Caitlin Sullivan, Dacia Donohue
November 25, 2024 | 46:49 | Views: 3,379 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.58 / 5

In this engaging session, Dacia Donohue, Senior Director and Program Manager, PMP and PMI Mile High Chapter Volunteer, shares her unique insights on how project management skills can be transformative for children.


Project HEADWAY: Strategies for Humane Procurement

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP
November 21, 2024 | 61:30 | Views: 2,381 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.75 / 5

While procurement processes should be fair, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be efficient. The challenge is designing procurements with that outcome in mind. Good and effective procurements are indeed possible, but they need to be consciously planned to proceed smoothly and well. If you struggle with how to procure efficiently and effectively, this is a webinar that you won’t want to miss.


The Modern Business Analyst and Project Management

by Giorgos Sioutzos
November 21, 2024 | 44:56 | Views: 4,553 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.36 / 5

What is business analysis and who is a business analyst? - How does business analysis support project management? - What are the traits and characteristics that are effective?


Ethical Project Leadership in a Digital Age

by Shenila Shahabuddin, Diane McDevitt
November 18, 2024 | 42:41 | Views: 9,891 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.36 / 5

The session also covers data privacy, stakeholder engagement, and maintaining resilience in the face of technological disruptions.


Measuring DEI Within Your Project Teams

by Alex Vargas, Murugi Kagotho, Neema Jain, Omar Saleem
November 15, 2024 | 60:30 | Views: 2,705 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.40 / 5

Understanding and measuring the impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives is crucial for project management professionals striving to create inclusive and equitable work environments. This webinar will offer a comprehensive overview of how to quantify DEI efforts within project teams and processes.


Meet Rising Leader Award Winner Khrystyna Velychko

by Vinod Kumar Paidakula, Emily Weeks, Khrystyna Velychko
November 15, 2024 | 23:57 | Views: 769 | PDUs: | Rating: 4.67 / 5

Join us for an engaging conversation with Khrystyna Velychko, hosted by Vinod Paidakula, a Professional Awards Insight Team member.



Wellness and Leadership

PREMIUM presentation
by Nic Jain, Aung Sint, Praveena Pentakota, Faisal Patel

The importance of wellness and its impact to your leadership


Measuring DEI Within Your Project Teams

presentation
by Alex Vargas, Murugi Kagotho, Neema Jain, Omar Saleem

Understanding and measuring the impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives is crucial for project management professionals striving to create inclusive and equitable work environments. This webinar will offer a comprehensive overview of how to quantify DEI efforts within project teams and processes.



Project HEADWAY: Strategies for Humane Procurement

PREMIUM presentation
by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP

While procurement processes should be fair, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be efficient. The challenge is designing procurements with that outcome in mind. Good and effective procurements are indeed possible, but they need to be consciously planned to proceed smoothly and well. If you struggle with how to procure efficiently and effectively, this is a webinar that you won’t want to miss.


The Modern Business Analyst and Project Management

PREMIUM presentation
by Giorgos Sioutzos

What is business analysis and who is a business analyst? - How does business analysis support project management? - What are the traits and characteristics that are effective?


Project HEADWAY: Strategies for Humane Procurement

PREMIUM presentation
by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP

While procurement processes should be fair, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be efficient. The challenge is designing procurements with that outcome in mind. Good and effective procurements are indeed possible, but they need to be consciously planned to proceed smoothly and well. If you struggle with how to procure efficiently and effectively, this is a webinar that you won’t want to miss.


Ethical Project Leadership in a Digital Age

presentation
by Shenila Shahabuddin, Diane McDevitt

The session also covers data privacy, stakeholder engagement, and maintaining resilience in the face of technological disruptions.


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