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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...

New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and...

Does a Project Manager...

What makes a successful project manager is a combination of their academic abilities,...
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How to use RAG Status...

Many projects and programmes use RAG status...

Using Covey’s Matrix to tame...

Good time management is something that often...

New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Four ROI, Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for The New IT Project Decision Maker

It IS tempting to make a grand, headline grabbing move to justify your organisation’s faith in you, investing in a new portfolio software application or churning your talent, for instance. When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Often though, hindsight shows that making small tweaks could have been more productive. Rather than shake things up, it can be quicker, and less stressful to shape things up! If you’re new to a role, instead of slashing or splashing budget and drastically altering project team structure, how about looking at the small step changes you can make that can quickly unlock ROI. Less broom, more polish!

Conflict management tips...

Conflicts are an all-too-common occurrence in the workplace. These are the situations where the needs, interests, values or goals of the stakeholders in the...

Measuring agility as...

Agility is certainly a popular buzzword and something you will probably hear when you are studying professional project management. You might learn that the...

Setting SMART goals...

SMART goals are a really good way in which you can ensure that your project team have more impact on the business. SMART stands...

What Should Be...

Before you even begin work on a project, there are a number of things that you must consider; these are the things that you...

Project manager mistakes...

There are some common project manager mistakes you might make that are obvious. Unfortunately, though, there are others that you may not realise that...

10 Steps for...

Your brand is arguably your business's most valuable asset so planning a successful branding project needs careful thought and consideration, as well as some...

Improving your business...

With every New Year that comes about, it gives us all the opportunity to reflect on the year that has gone and look forward...

Why HR And...

Strategy games and business share plenty of similarities, with rules, risks and rewards for the winners. But how do you use the skills of...

Managing Change Successfully:...

For anyone currently in a leadership role a range of skills, experience and capabilities are required to succeed in that role, and some are...

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