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The importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in project management

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Project management has evolved far beyond the confines of task allocation and timeline tracking. There’s now a much heavier focus on the ability to build relationships and navigate challenges as a team. At the heart of this evolution is the power of an extremely important soft skill: emotional intelligence, which is increasingly recognised as a critical,

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Top Technical Skills Every Junior Project Manager Should Learn

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Navigating the PM landscape as a junior project manager can be both an exciting and challenging endeavor. With numerous responsibilities and expectations, it’s essential to equip yourself with the right technical skills to excel in this role. From mastering project management software to effective communication techniques, understanding these skills can set the foundation for a

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The Importance of Effective Communication as Part of Stakeholder Management

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Anyone who has been involved in projects, whether managing them, part of the team or part of the PMO (Project Management Office) knows that effective communication is crucial for a successful project. And since stakeholder management is part of any project it stands to reason that communication with stakeholders also has to be clear and

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Why Happiness Matters in Business: The Overlooked Driver of Productivity and Performance

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For decades, business success has been measured primarily through numbers: revenue, margins, growth rates, and market share. While these metrics remain essential, there is a powerful factor that often sits quietly in the background, underestimated and sometimes dismissed as “soft” or secondary. That factor is happiness. In a business setting, happiness is not about constant

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The Strategic Importance of Soft Skills to the UK Economy

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In an era defined by rapid technological change, global competition and constant economic disruption, the UK’s long-term prosperity depends not only on innovation and capital investment but also, and increasingly, on its people. Central to this is the concept of soft skills: the interpersonal, behavioural and cognitive competencies that enable individuals to work collaboratively, communicate

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Skills analysis: Identify your skills and find and fill knowledge gaps

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Introduction Starting a project management role can involve a change in career. You might have started out in a more technical or specialised role and progressed up the chain or moved into project management after gaining skills in another industry. Early on in your project management career, you might find gaps in your knowledge, or

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Don’t Myth Out! How Experienced IT Project Managers Drive Business Growth

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“Of all our administrative staff, you’re the best paid by far.”

Ant from London is an experienced Project Leader, at his recent annual appraisal he was told this by the Director of People. It was meant kindly, motivational even, but it sums up one of the biggest misconceptions about project management. The idea that PMs are just administrators with fancy job titles.

Ant was fairly chilled out about the backhanded compliment, as PMs we know our value, his CIO took more of a dim view and gave the People Director a piece of his mind – we are with the CIO!

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