Personal Effectiveness Archives

LEAD Your Team: How to Use Your Top 4 Project Leadership Skills

When you have a Project Leadership role, there’s a lot to do. So, we’ll focus on my top 4 project leadership skills, that set you up to LEAD.

I review Carole Osterweil’s excellent book, Neuroscience for Project Success. But, I also share some of the key ideas from neuroscience.

Relationships go wrong. Conflict management may not be a welcome part of a Project Manager’s role. But it is an important part.

A Project Manager needs many skills and one of the hardest is managing conflict. From a small spat to a mighty row, conflict is inevitable.

How can saying no become a positive that gives you more time, less stress, and more control over your life? The answer is a Noble Objection.

What are the most important non-Project Management skills for Project Managers to study and master? Here are my Top 15.

The Drama Triangle was developed by Stephen Karpman. It helps us understand the dynamics of dysfunctional sequences of miscommunication.

You use intuition every day. And it serves you well. But, not always. How does it work and how can you fix it, when your intuition fails you?

Smart people think fast and respond effectively. Wisdom takes longer. But, can you respond quickly and insightfully? I think you can.

Self-control will be one of your greatest career and personal success assets. Here are 10 techniques based on psychology and neuroscience.