How to Decide on Your Leadership Style (and Stick to it!)
A career path is project management will bring many demands and challenges and as a project manager, there is an expectation you will show thoughtful diligent leadership. No matter which industry you are working in, choosing and sticking with a leadership style will be key to success. Just how do you forge your own style…
Read MoreMaking Quick Fire Decisions On Urgent Projects
When tasked with making decisions, it’s important to be able to think on your feet, but when the pressure is really on, do you have the skills to make double quick decisions about your projects? It happens, sometimes more often than we like, but there will be times when you need to make a decision…
Read More10 Tips For Project Management Meetings You Can Use Right Now
A powerful tool in your arsenal, the ‘project management meeting’ is, however, fundamentally misunderstood. And neither is this gathering of the project team always used wisely and to its full potential. So just how can you get more from each and every project management meeting? The meeting room setting – standing room only isn’t always…
Read More4 leadership techniques to try on your next project
Your leadership style isn’t set in stone – you can change it to achieve better results. Why not try one of these four techniques on your next project? It can sometimes be frustrating to manage a project team, after all most office environments aren’t really designed to stimulate creativity and produce flashes of inspiration. So…
Read MoreProject Management Burnout and How to Recover
There probably isn’t a project manager out there who hasn’t experienced some level of stress or burnout on their projects no matter how many project management qualifications they have. There are a huge number of things that could trigger this stress, for example an unreasonable client, a challenging team with a lack of clear organisational…
Read MoreHow to Write a Project Plan
Benjamin Franklin is often attributed with the quote “Failing to plan is planning to fail” and in perhaps no other area of business is the quote more apt than in project management. A poorly run project is doomed from the start, and without a project plan it is almost impossible to run your project…
Read MoreWhy Do Agile Projects Fail And What Can You Do About It?
Agile is seen by some as the magic bullet of project management. A framework through which all their project management woes will be cured. But let’s face it. Real life isn’t like that and, although agile is a great framework to use, there are times when even agile projects fail. This could be due to…
Read MoreNegotiating a Pay Rise as a Project Manager
If the amount you are being paid is making you consider a change of employer then look at our tips to consider negotiating a pay rise in your current role first. When you work in Project Management your salary will depend on quite a few different factors. Things like location, your project management skills…
Read MoreReporting Tips For Project Managers
Project reporting can be time-consuming, but with the right tools and methods it doesn’t need to be. It doesn’t matter what project management tools you are using, you need to make sure that you are using ones that have the ability to report project data easily as well as being able to easily share the…
Read MoreYour Pathway to Project Management
A complete guide to qualifications, interview techniques and tips for landing your ideal project management job. Project managers are in demand across all industries and sectors. With keen organisational skills and the ability to see the bigger picture, a project manager who delivers time and again is the person every business with large and…
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