What is the accidental project manager? Is it someone who is clumsy and stumbles into too many accidents? Absolutely not! It is a term that somewhat common in project management. It typically refers to a professional who is; read more
If someone would have told me a decade ago that I would at some time in my life be unhappy about a decline in the oil price, I would have seriously doubted that person’s sanity. Lower oil prices in a consumer economy not only lead to a direct reduction in energy prices, but also to...
It is common to hear the following comments in feedback to classes and workshops: “it would have been great to link the materials to our own internal way of doing things”. Another comments, “it would also be great if the examples and case studies are from our own work.” We agree with both of the...
This is an old article that was published about training providers and some of the “_____” they share … You can fill the blank with “lies”, “partial truth”, “misleading information”, etc. Below is a sample misinformation from a message that came to me via LinkedIn
This is one of a series of inter-related articles on learning and training; if interested in this subject, please check other blog posts.
This is a short blog just for fun – of course this is a story and not an actual situation although the scenario is inspired from experience! Only, the names are changed to protect the guilty and not embarrassed the victim — oops did I swap these? Although we are trying to be funny, we...
Introduction This week we published an article on building the project management organizational system. In that article we suggested our approach, using the SUKAD Seven Elements of Project Management Maturity. One of those elements is: “Professional Development” and another is “Leadership and Competence Framework”. Today’s article touches on both of these elements, with one of...
This article is the third of a series of articles specific to case studies from the author own projects’ experience. We have recently presented these case studies as a workshop; part of a Project Management Conference (PM360) in Singapore that was organized by Knowledge Method, sponsored by RMC Project Management, and supported by SUKAD and...
The Situational Leadership theory, developed by Hersey and Blanchard from the 1970’s onwards, stated that leadership needed both task behavior as well as relationship behavior in order to get the best performance from people.
This article is a personal story – it is an experience I had while working on a project where I learned a key lesson that I have been carrying with me since and use on a regular basis. More than once, this lessons helped me get out of difficult situations and avoid making a mistake.
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