How to Say NO to Stakeholders, Clients, and Sponsors

Do you know how to say No to your stakeholders, clients, and sponsors and leave them feeling good? Because we can’t say yes to all of them!

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Personal Effectiveness

PM CPD and PDUs: How to Keep Ahead with Your Professional Development

A Project Manager is like any other professional. To take your career seriously, you’ll undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

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Project Management Career, Project Management Learning

Project Management Intuition: Why is it Essential and How to Strengthen Yours?

Intuition can cut through complex problems to get quick answers. In this article, learn what it is, why it matters, & how you can develop it.

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Effective Project Manager, Personal Effectiveness

Project Management Job: How to Start Your Career with Your First PM Job

Getting a Project Management job is a ‘chicken and egg’ problem. Mike Clayton shows you how to break the cycle and get your first PM role.

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Project Management Career

CPD & PDU 101 – How to Get Your CPD and Score Your PMI PDUs

Professionals must commit to continuing professional development, to earn CPD points or, in PMI terms, Professional Development Units – PDUs.

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Project Management Career, Project Management Learning

Meet the Players in Projectland – Interview with Dawn Mahan

Dawn Mahan has conjured a new way to talk about how we manage projects. In her new book, Meet the Players in Projectland, she focuses on the different roles and the various ways people play these roles. Enter Projectland and see project management with fresh eyes. This video is safe for viewing in the workplace.

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Discussions & Interviews, Podcasts, Project Governance, Project Management Learning, Project Resource Management

Personal Effectiveness for Project Managers: What are my Top 20 Books?

Personal effectiveness is vital for your Project Management career. There’s a vast library of books, so where should you start?

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Best of..., Personal Effectiveness, Project Management Career, Project Management Learning, Reviews

Master Time Management: 4 Steps to Boost Your Productivity with OATS

One question project managers most often ask is about personal time management: ‘How can I manage my time, in the context of a project?’

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Effective Project Manager, Personal Effectiveness

Power Skills 101: What are Power Skills and How can You Develop Them

Power Skills are the skills that give your technical expertise the power to deliver results. In this video, I survey the topic.

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Effective Project Manager, Personal Effectiveness, PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills

7 Uncomfortable Truths that Project Managers Need to Understand

Project Managers are positive people. Yet the fact is, there are limitations. We must all face some uncomfortable truths.

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Advice for Project Managers