Category Archives for Advice for Project Managers
Overcome Overwhelm: How to Cope with Overwhelm | Video
Your work builds up and your problems increase. Deadlines loom. Before you know it, you’re feeling overwhelmed. What you need is my Overwhelm Routine.
Continue reading...How to Be the Best Project Manager You Can Be
If you are a Project Manager, or if you want to become a Project Manager, I don’t doubt that you want to be the best Project Manager you possibly can.
Continue reading...Certification for Project Managers – 5 Tips | Video
Project Management is an excellent career. But organizations want a short-hand to know what you know. That’s where qualifications come in handy.
Continue reading...What Project Managers can learn from Japanese Management Ideas
Scrum and Kanban both originated in Japanese management. But there are lots more valuable ideas there. In this article, I want to explore some of them.
Continue reading...How To Advance Your Project Management Career
Getting into Project Management is a dream for many young professionals. But, what next? How can you advance your Project Management career?
Continue reading...Can you Get a Project Management Job? (Here’s How)
Getting a Project Management job is something of a ‘chicken and egg’ problem… On the one hand, it’s hard to get a Project Management job without experience. On the other hand, how can you get experience, without a Project Management job?
Continue reading...Impossible Project: 8 Principles to Take it on and Deliver it
Do you need to take on an impossible project: something nobody thinks can be done? Or maybe a project no one thinks should be done!
Continue reading...Ethics: What’s the Code of Conduct for Project Managers?
Ethics may seem like a dry subject from an ancient branch of philosophy. But a code of conduct is absolutely vital to your life as a Project Manager.
Continue reading...High Profile Projects: How to Lead a Project with a Massive Public Profile
High profile projects carry more risk than those that get less attention. It is not that things are more likely to go wrong. But it’s the profile and attention that can amplify the consequences of mistakes. And high profile projects tend also to be the subject of more speculation, gossip, and rumor. So, it isn’t […]
Continue reading...Ten Project Management Lessons I’ve Learned over the Years
Project Management is a ‘learning endeavor’. That is, when you do it properly, you learn from every experience. And, as we start a New Year, I want to share ten of the most valuable Project Management lessons I have learned over the years.
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