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Project Management Lessons from Hagakure, Book of the Samurai |Video
Hagakure, the Book of the Samurai, was written in the 18th Century. It draws from the words of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Those words have a lot that a modern Project Manager can learn from.
Continue reading...Who Gets the Best Answers? The Wisdom of Crowds | Video
There aren’t many books I recommend unreservedly to professional and business people I work with. But the Wisdom of Crowds is one of them.
Continue reading...Project Manager to Project Sponsor: How to Make a Difficult Transition?
The transition from Project Manager to Project Sponsor is a hard one. You have many great skills, but now you need to change your mindset.
Continue reading...What is Group Think? …and How to Prevent it | Video
Group Think is nasty. It leads to poor decisions… sometimes dangerous ones. So Project Managers need to know what it is, how it happens, and how to prevent it.
Continue reading...The Project Control Paradox | Video
Project Control is an important part of our discipline as Project Managers. But it carries within it a paradox…
Continue reading...Project Manager to Project Leader: How Big is the Step?
Are you a Project Manager or a Project Leader? How would you tell the difference? And how big is the step from one to the other?
Continue reading...How to Get Your First Project Management Job | Video
It’s hard to get a Project Management job without experience. But, how can you get experience, without a Project Management job?
Continue reading...You Don’t Get What You Deserve… You get what you negotiate | Video
‘You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.’ That comes from the title of a book by Dr Chester L Karass. Karass was an expert and teacher in negotiation: ‘In Business As in Life, You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate’.
Continue reading...Ultimate Project Handover Guide: What You Need to Know
Project Handover is where your work comes to fruition. But handover is more of a process than a milestone, so there is a lot to get right.
Continue reading...What is 5S? The Japanese Approach to Organized Efficiency | Video
A tidy project is an efficient project. So, I love 5S. It’s not designed for project environments, but Project Managers can get lots from it.
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