The IIL Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

2014), and Jugdev et al., None of us are immune to stress and potential burnout. Even with feedback, team members may have mental issues resulting from stress and burnout where they refuse to share with you the truth about how they actually feel. CONCLUSION Stress and burnout will always be with us as part of project management.

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Online PM Courses

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Team Leadership itself is not hard. In this article, I want to hone down to the four essentials of project team leadership. The Four Essentials of Project Team Leadership. Leadership isn’t something you are born with, like brown eyes. I believe there is a simple truth about team leadership.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Adapted from Center for Grateful Leadership Post) I had the wonderful opportunity to conduct two Grateful Leadership two-day sessions for a large global company on behalf of International Institute for Learning, back in 2014. I want to hear your stories of putting this to use!”

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 6, 2017

John, an operational manager said, “We don’t have time to develop a solution; our competition is already ahead of us. Interpersonal skills come in many forms such as: Leadership. The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. Hoboken, NJ, US: Jossey-Bass. Decision making.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

By Rubin Jen It used to be “Scope, Time and Cost” The new words are “Outcomes, Value and Change” For many of us, project management has just gone through a major paradigm shift. With the advent of different delivery methods, customers and stakeholders have gotten used to making more changes than ever before.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2021

And what about the socio-technical skills of Developers? While most practitioners in our field have a strong gut feeling about these questions, there is surprisingly little systematic scientific research to fall back on. . So what does scientific research already tell us about Agile transformations?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This means that project managers will also stay relevant in the age of AI if they focus on the core skills of project management, namely: Leadership, Communication (verbal & non-verbal), Empathy, Emotional intelligence, and Negotiation. [6]. During that time, technology improved, costs dropped and therefore the bottlenecks fell away.

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The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

It is not just about the provision of a ‘lean’ framework for these sponsors and project managers to work to – and by ‘lean’ I mean that every part should add value and not create unnecessary waste. Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development.

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The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The most common reason for participants failing their New Years’ Resolutions, according to one piece of research, was people setting themselves unrealistic goals, while 33% didn’t keep track of their progress and a further 23% forgot about it. About one in 10 respondents claimed they made too many resolutions. [1].

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

If you think about CEO’s being most often fired for mismanaging change then it is a ‘no-brainer’ you would have thought if your portfolio is a significant one and – based on Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management – it is often more significant than you might think (see previous blog).

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As a family, we need and use money to keep us fed, pay off our mortgage, buy stuff and lead a materially somewhat comfortable life. There is no other way given the absence of a network around us and given the lack of the funding that would be needed to purchase professional care that would be sufficiently tuned to their needs.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 14, 2017

It has sold more than 50 million copies (a handful more than my own best-selling book The Lazy Project Manager) and spent 121 weeks on the US bestseller list. Project sponsorship is not about an either/or situation but a win/ win, with both the project sponsor and the project manager benefiting.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

Using the same maths as the compliance projects we now have in our example a total of £12m multiplied by 4 plus the original £12m, which equals £60m. We now have a ‘true’ project portfolio value of £24m plus £60m which gets us to a chunky £84m. And guess what? We haven’t even considered disruption of business costs during the projects.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This type of collaboration stems from the culture that binds us together—the attitudes, feelings, values, and behavior that characterize and inform our interaction, or any social group within it. Leadership sets the stage for both. Leadership holds the keys—leading from the whole, rather than the top. New York: Plume, 2014.

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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Having overviewed the EU Defense industry in our research European Defense Industry 2021: Challenges and Trends , let’s take a look at the situation in the US. The US Defense 2021 Budget . Thus, according to Congressional Budget Office , the US Defense Budget is $706 billion, which is 4% less as compared to 2020.

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PM That Works

AUGUST 22, 2020

And as part of that I've got an incredible inner circle of people that that I get to fellowship with and with everything in COVID in taking AMC virtual this year, we decided to create Come rent a house and have the nine of us get together and speak into each other's businesses and lives and catch up with each other. I talk about it all day.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

41% proclaimed absence of leadership to be the main problem. We request you stay with us for 6 minutes and in return, you will gain valuable wisdom. Leadership: SAFe inculcates the Lean-Agile mindset which is necessary to become a Lean-Agile leader. Only they can embrace SAFe values and principles and bring about a change.

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Resource Guru

APRIL 4, 2023

Last week , Operations Director at DDB Sydney, Steph Dix, shared her (all-too-familiar) story about work-life balance and how exactly her mantra, “happy people make for great work,” came to be. This week, Holly Davis, Principal Delivery Manager at Torchbox, talks about complacency, ownership, and project scope.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

There’s nothing “new” about running a project. And luckily for us all, most of them have been written about. The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. And number two? Principles: Life and Work.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

Of course, many will look back and say that it’s not about the cost, just look at that fantastic thing we built. And of course, for our projects and our organisations, we don’t have Governments to bail us out. Here’s some of the things we should be thinking about: 1. Front-End Planning Starts with the Business Case.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

He received his PMP certification in 2011 and his ScrumMaster certification in 2014. Here’s what Trent writes about the most effective PM behaviors: 1. If someone in your team doesn’t provide a status, misses deliverables, or stops attending meetings, you have to talk to them about it. Make it real and be sincere about it.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The list of US presidents enthusiastic about chess is long, from Lincoln to Jimmy Carter to, more recently, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama; outside the USA we can mention Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Angela Merkel and even important historical personalities like Mandela or Napoleon, and even some European dictators. Play chess!”

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Second, how does the function change as organizations evolve, showing us how talent management may be done in future. They favor a Theory Y (people want to contribute and learn) approach to leadership over Theory X (people are lazy and need close supervision). This post examines Talent Management from two perspectives. Agile Teams.

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Teamweek

JULY 20, 2022

In this interview, we chat with Viktor Jarnheimer, CEO at Proxify , to learn more about the company’s path to success and the accelerating shift to a hybrid workforce. Viktor, could you give us a brief overview of your background? What’s so difficult or different about remote tech recruitment that companies seek out your service?

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Susanne Madsen

AUGUST 20, 2018

Some of us love to read and others like to attend events or workshops. Cornelius often attends the big PMI conferences in the US and interviews the keynote speakers just before or after they go on stage. We have spoken several times, not least when she interviewed me about my book in episode 39.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

Above all, however, as a whole book (and summarised for us in the last chapter) it provides a manifesto for action. In ‘Planet Project’ (Chapter 1), Mr Nieto-Rodriguez uses examples to show that projects are all around us, ranging from the personal to the mega-level. But What is a Project? In ‘But What is a Project?’

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Digite

JUNE 28, 2017

Last week, my colleague Navin and I had the pleasure and – indeed – the honor of meeting some of the best minds in Europe at the Kanban Leadership Retreat at Mayrhofen, Austria! To learn more about Kanban, please visit here). If you have any questions or suggestions, please drop us an email at marketing@digite.com.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

Using the Power-Interest Grid, you can identify key stakeholders, assess their levels of power and interest, and develop targeted strategies to ensure their support and buy-in. Let us begin transforming how you manage stakeholders today with a structured and strategic framework! References Project Management Institute.

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The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Naturally the starting point for conversation around social project management is with the project management role itself; what does this specifically mean for any project manager, what should they think about, and should they adjust their behaviour? Considering ‘social about project’. Considering ‘social within project’.

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Redbooth

MARCH 17, 2017

Gather Content ’s blog is all about (surprise!) AeroFS is all about using technology to improve process and CMI covers many aspects of the technical side of content marketing like editing platforms, digital asset management, and content collaboration. We’re obviously not freelancers but we still love the blog by Crew.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 10, 2019

As closing keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , she delivered a powerful message on how complexity is holding most of us back, and what we can do to get back to the work that really matters. This is about clarity — no acronyms, no jargon, no big words to sound important.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In 2014, only 126 companies were into work remotely, but the picture has changed. Leadership Keys To Open Door For Remote-Friendly Work With the rise in the number of teams that work from far locations, the leaders have to face additional challenges. Using collaboration tools would help and ease acquiring global talent.

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Second, how does the function change as organizations evolve, showing us how talent management may be done in future. They favor a Theory Y (people want to contribute and learn) approach to leadership over Theory X (people are lazy and need close supervision). This post examines Talent Management from two perspectives. Agile Teams.

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Workzone

JANUARY 29, 2019

These teams knew about the general product development strategy, but they were not included in the detailed planning and roll out decisions, so they were left scrambling to catch up by the time the products were launched. MITSloan Mgmt Review (@mitsmr) December 21, 2014. This will also keep your team engaged. In conclusion.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Managing projects in the presence of uncertainty means making decisions about cost, schedule, and technical performance all risk-adjusted , from the uncertainties that create risk. The Integrated Master Plan tells us how the increasing maturity of the deliverables will be assessed. Management Processes. Project Performance Management.

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PM That Works

APRIL 24, 2018

So if you're like me and have been frustrated about the continuing education offerings in project management most of them are either designed to help you pass a test or a certification or they're a bunch of theories that you can apply to your day to day life or day to day project management activities. And this guy is just pumping out stuff.

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Stepping Into Project Management

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We start with Jeff Furman and his second edition of the book "The Project Management Answer Book" (second edition) which is a great resource for anyone getting into project management as well as considering about getting the certification. Please tell us about your book which is a great resource for the upcoming project managers.

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