Invisible work is project activity that happens outside the formal systems designed to manage it. The challenge for today's project managers isn't simply tracking more work. It's gaining visibility into where work is actually happening.
An unexpected problem at an office led to one of the most valuable skills a project manager can develop: knowing when to stop negotiating among competing interests and start reframing the problem itself.
Project managers are no stranger to feedback. Some of it is positive, some more constructive. But how can we take what we hear and actually do something about it? Keep these seven tips in mind.
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This panel discussion explores how to build and sustain a strong, safe and diverse culture across fully distributed teams. The panelists have complementary perspectives and share practical frameworks that project managers can apply when leading or collaborating within virtual, cross-cultural teams.
Learn how storytelling enables project professionals to do — and why narrative is a core project leadership skill, not a soft one.
The purpose of this Project Outline template is to clearly explain the reason for starting the project and ensure alignment among stakeholders. It acts as a high-level communication tool to share essential information with both leadership and project teams, helping to initiate the project smoothly—especially when team members are spread across different locations.
The monthly status report template has been designed to be a comprehensive review of project progress. It is intended to provide a detailed understanding of the project, what has occurred to date, and its trajectory in moving forward.
UPDATED TEMPLATE! The communications plan provides a comprehensive view of how your project will communicate with the various audiences that it supports. Use this template and the sample matrix to schedule and assign communication responsibilities.
Use this one-slide presentation in conjunction with the article 8 Ways to Be a Critical Persuader and with the Persuasion Atrophy series.
This template includes important checklist items that need to be covered when visiting a site in order to define deliverables, as well as assess budget and timeline estimations to use on any audio visual installation project (specifically for presentation systems in classrooms and auditoriums).
Active listening and empathy won’t show up on your PMP certification. They won’t appear in a project charter or stakeholder matrix. But they are the difference between a project that delivers outputs and a project that creates lasting change.
Question: I am happy that my employer is with a company that is expanding overseas at a time when many organizations are doing layoffs or folding altogether. But traditional/waterfall practices have been how we arrange our projects, and I am concerned with the fact that we will be bringing IT features to our production products. I think usually they are more agile teams who work with IT, right? With the language, culture, pressures of a new branch, and time zones to consider…how can I possibly set up a way to manage our international projects?
Executives want evidence that strategy is advancing. How do you reposition yourself as a value creator? It is less about changing what you do day to day, and more about changing how you frame and report what you are doing.
Creating a positive first impression is about preparation, intentionality, and basic human decency. Here are seven things to do—and a few this practitioner learned not to do—when entering a new project relationship.
Building on the business acumen foundations of financial literacy, strategic thinking, and data-driven decision-making, this article turns to four dimensions of business acumen that are often underappreciated yet equally transformative.
When you don’t respond to a request, you leave the person guessing. Consider the following alternatives to ignoring the message so they aren't left with crickets.
If you're a leader during uncertain times, you may feel uncertain yourself. Let's break down the four essential roles you must play to effectively lead your team through change.
Social media now acts as an amplifier to any message from your project. Our role then is a familiar one: We must influence stakeholder sentiment, not just react to it.
Construction projects don’t fail for lack of skill or effort; they fail when people, systems, and expectations fall out of sync. When the invisible glue of communication weakens, even the best technical plans begin to collapse.
You may think you’ve mastered all forms of difficult personalities, but will your PM skills be put to the test when you face the toughest stakeholder of them all: the toddler. What can we learn from these bundles of joy?
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