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Legendary Leadership Secrets – Success Eats Charisma for Lunch
For many decades the phrase “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” has been floating around leadership development circles. It’s often attributed…
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A Project Management Mystery Solved
Executive Summary: Do not assume that your company’s management or the project stakeholders have a firm grasp on the methods…
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The Appearance of Non-Leaders
I suppose it is not surprising that when there is a leadership vacuum all sorts of non-leaders seek to fill…
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Six Leadership Lessons From Game of Thrones Season Six
Game of Thrones is a world of alliances and competition, politics, powerbrokers, fair and failed leaders, trust, deception, limited resources,…
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How to Be a Productive Project Manager: 7 Tips
Many project managers feel overwhelmed with emails, phone calls, and meetings. They often work overtime, but few feel as though…
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8 Team Building Tips for Leaders That Actually Work
Great teams are the building blocks of any organization. A great team has shared goals, clear roles, transparent processes for…
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The Project Executive – Role and Responsibilities
The Project Executive would normally come from the senior management of the customer organisation – that is the organisation who…
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What Is a Business Project?
I know it sounds strange, but a few days ago, one of my small business clients actually asked me, “What…
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The Five Stages of Project Team Development
Every team goes through the five stages of team development. First, some background on team development. The first four stages…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Gantt Charts
You might have a reasonable size project in your organisation. The activity of the project might occur over several months…
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What are the Components of Risk?
Risk has three components. These components need to be considered separately when determining on how to manage the risk. Risk…
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How to Start a Project? … On Your Marks, Get Set, Go
After spending several years managing project managers for various technology organizations, I always get amazed to find out that many…
