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But, We've Always Done It That Way! chris kopp leadership project management strategy Jun 07, 2021

A young girl once asked her mother why she cut off the ends of the roast before putting it in the pan. “That’s a great question,” her mother said. “I’m not really...

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I Quit 6 Months Ago, But I'm Telling You Now! How Bad Leaders Lose Good People careers jason orloske leadership Apr 28, 2021

"Will you be a reference for me?"

I've worked with this person a couple times over the past 6 years. She's smart, driven, can see the big picture and knows how to tactically plan to realize company...

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Be the First to Fill the Communication Vacuum that Nature Hates chris kopp communication leadership strategy Apr 12, 2021

Aristotle stated that nature abhors a vacuum. His argument was that nature hates the idea of empty space and will fill it with whatever is available. While this theory was later contested, there is...

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People! The Organization's Greatest Asset fola alabi leadership pmo teams Mar 22, 2021

An organization's strategy—amongst other things—has to balance these key tenets of people (its employees), processes, products and or services. These have to be continuously improved to...

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Choosing the right approach to scale your organisation with Agile agile fatimah abbouchi leadership strategy Feb 21, 2021

We focus a lot of our energy on how an organisation can go Agile and how we, as an enabler, can help your organisation to apply the appropriate support and governance layers to Project Management,...

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Lesson Learned During a Chicken Dinner chris kopp leadership professional development Feb 09, 2021

“Who doesn’t know that…?” I thought to myself as the speaker presented his first point at a PMI project management event. 

I took a bite of my chicken. 

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Strategic Customer-centric PMO - A Must Have! fola alabi leadership pmo strategy Feb 05, 2021

The Project management discipline has provided the ethos for delivering projects. As an enabler, the Project Management Office (PMO) has acted as the governance body ensuring adherence to the...

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Do your compensation systems discourage team work? careers kiron bondale leadership Feb 02, 2021
Teamwork But - Dilbert by Scott Adams

I’ve previously written about the importance for an organization’s operational capabilities which support delivery capabilities to evolve when there is a move to increase business...

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3 Key Questions for every PMO joe pusz leadership pmo Jan 19, 2021

Depending on the research you review, or the expert you talk with, you'll get varying answers to how long the average PMO lasts.  What everyone seems to agree on though is, PMOs need to...

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The Psychology that can be beneficial for the Project Managers abhishek mishra careers leadership Jan 17, 2021

Prologue

Those who are carried out with routine work in a traditional organization can only work more or less with the same colleagues starting from their training period to retirement. During this...

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The PMO Leader Conundrum joe pusz leadership pmo Jan 05, 2021

When we think about the PMO Leader we often focus only on the PMO and often ignore the Leadership.  The PMO is surely important as a function.  It has a significant place in the...

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Psychological safety is not about being nice kiron bondale leadership teams Dec 28, 2020

Goleman wrote this week in an HBR article with regards to emotional intelligence: “…one of the most persistent things I see people get wrong about the concept is that it equates to...

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