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How To Manage Your First Meeting With A Project Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One of the best training courses I attended for Project Management was on influencing strategies with Learning Tree. The course model stated that without trust, influence is almost impossible. A version of this article first appeared in 2016. In short, try to get to know them and establish trust.

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How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We found that the project environment plays a crucial role in creating challenging situations involving stakeholders for project managers and that project managers can often take active measures to influence and improve this. Production Planning & Control , DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2020.1776907. The structural environment. Rost, M. &

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Are You A Workplace Bully?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Command and control project managers were often revered and feared. One can see the merit of this command and control leadership style on the battlefield. Whether project managers are bullies themselves or promote organizational influencers that are, the risks are high. Employees have no choice but to do as their leader says.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

This effect has been observed with flight crews (Orasuna, 1990), nuclear plant control crews (Waller, Gupta & Giambatista, 2004), and work teams (Urban et. Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. Effects of adaptive behaviors and shared mental models on control crew performance. References.

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5 Project Management Trends for Manufacturing Teams to Watch in 2017

LiquidPlanner

As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to look at some project management trends we can expect to see in 2017. As always, market forces continue to influence how businesses manage their projects. With all the talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and anticipation among future-thinkers and business leaders around Industry 4.0,

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How To Mitigate Risks With an Effective ERM Framework

Wrike

Risk appetite is influenced by your industry, regulatory environment, and risk management capabilities. Risk response and control After identifying and assessing risks, you’re ready to come up with a solution (similar to a doctor who prescribes medicine to sick patients). How has technology influenced ERM? Say no more!

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How to Create a Startup Culture That Fits Your Goals

ProjectManager.com

A 2016 survey by Deloitte found that 16.8 The startup defines what its culture will be because it’s better to have some control over it than not. It is also influenced by the company, its identity, growth strategy and relationships. Whether that’s by offering modern work tools , flexible work hours or fun activities.

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