Team motivation is tricky. Your project team comes together at short notice, and don’t know one another. But motivation is key to boost their performance.
Continue reading...Is your project a happy place? I hope so. But can you deliberately raise morale without going all ‘happy-clappy’? Well, yes you can.
Continue reading...What will you do to create a real project team? The concept of ‘Real Teams’ comes from Jon Katzenbach, a leading thinker on teams.
Continue reading...One idea that’s big in the world of Agile that should be big throughout Project Management is that of T Shaped People. Let me explain…
Continue reading...The Belbin Team Profile is one of the most widely used team assessment tools. It is a great help to project managers in balancing your team and diagnosing problems with your team dynamics. So, what is the Belbin Team Profile? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
Continue reading...Team Leadership itself is not hard. What makes it difficult is fitting it in among a load of other project priorities that are facing you. You’re under pressure to do this and do that. So, you often default to a combination of doing it yourself, telling people what to do, and getting annoyed with a […]
Continue reading...Team motivation is a tricky topic for some project managers. Often your project team is drawn together at short notice. People don’t know one another, and don’t have a formal responsibility to do as you ask. So, when your project is under pressure, motivating your team is the only way to enhance their performance. The […]
Continue reading...The Tuckman Model of group development should be essential learning for every project manager. As a project you are constantly taking new groups of people and aiming to forge a successful team. Bruce Tuckman investigated this and gave us arguably the best model of group and team development. It’s famous for its Forming – Storming […]
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