Communication can be tough when you don't know what kind of personalities you're dealing with. Perhaps a little lesson in color basics can help. The Insight Discovery model, based on Carl Jung's theories of personality, can "color-code" your team to help you lead more effectively.
This blog is for all of us who manage projects which must provide value now, and in the long run.
If your projects have economic, environmental or social impacts - and we say that's all of them - this blog is for you.
Today’s “do more with less” mandate makes the ability to optimize finite project resources more critical than ever. A recent benchmark study provides a blueprint for improving your organization’s resource management and capacity planning, starting with visibility.
Innovation is mandatory to drive digital transformation and position an organization to thrive in the global market. An analysis from four different points of view (end user, team, organization and environment) demonstrates the importance of putting people at the center of the creative process.
Project work is implicit. We build relationships, contribute intangibles and collaborate on several simultaneous tasks with people who have diverse work styles. These activities aren’t countable, yet we try to measure them as if we were laying bricks and monitoring machines. What percent complete is your project? To answer honestly requires deeper considerations and interpretations than any spreadsheet can perform.
Even when everything seems to be going well, things may not be as rosy as you think. All the facts might point to success, but perceptions can often trump that reality. Here's some practical advice on aligning how things are and how they appear.
In the age of e-mail, cell phones and PDAs, we have the ability to work from anywhere, with anyone and at any time--so why do we still need traditional meetings? Because it looks good to the client. And you want to look good, don't you?
Have you ever felt like what people perceive you do isn't a fair representation of what you actually do? Although the industry has made some progress, there is clearly still a problem in some organizations with a lack of understanding about how project managers are contributing to the company's success. Here's some help in measuring project management.
Executives send mixed messages when they trumpet strategic priorities and then throw their weight behind projects that aren’t aligned with those goals.