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How to fail well...

Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace...

5 Skills Needed To...

Why do projects fail? It's a question that invites a lot of interest and...

Embrace the change: Getting...

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Lynda Bourne

Lynda is Director of Training with Mosaic Project Services focusing on the delivery of CAPM, PMP, Stakeholder Circle® and other project related workshops, training and mentoring services. She is also the CEO of Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd. She was the first student to gain a Doctorate in Project Management from the RMIT University and has extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager and Project Director specialising in delivery of IT and other business-related projects within the telecomms sector.

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Leadership

Communicating for effect

There is absolutely no point in communicating with someone if you do not want an effect! The effect you are seeking can vary dramatically; you...
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PMO

Push -v- Pull Communication

Everyone in business today is buried under an avalanche of data, adding routine reports to the data mountain may no longer be useful! Is...
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Leadership

Reporting is not Communicating

Reporting and communicating are not the same! Sending out information has very little to do with effective communication. Unfortunately, many project communication plans are...
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PM Software

Is what you heard what I meant?

Effective communication between project stakeholders is always difficult and as my last article highlighted, misunderstanding and confusion are easily created. The key to effective...
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Leadership

Have we communicated?

Albert Einstein summarized the problem nicely: The major problem in communication is the illusion that it has occurred. Making a noise or sending emails...
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Leadership

Stakeholders and Complexity

The greatest challenge facing project management in the 21st Century is managing the shift from the ‘command and control’ paradigm based in the theories...
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Leadership

Is PM a Standard or a Cultural Process?

Given the final draft of ISO 21500, A Guide to Project Management will be voted on by the international community over the next couple...
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Leadership

What makes a Stakeholder?

Project success is directly linked to a project manager’s ability to effectively identify and manage stakeholder’s expectations. It’s therefore helpful to understand what makes...
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Leadership

PDC = Project Delivery Capability

My last couple of posts have identified a gap in the overall management of projects and programs that is present in most organisations. This...
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