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How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A recent study by Dr Clara Cheung and colleagues found that project managers experience particularly high stress levels in regard to their working relationships. My colleagues and I conducted a comprehensive research study (which can be found here ). These situations include: governance related issues (e.g.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Fear-driven actions may escalate and reach a tipping point when compounded by a collapse of the individual’s or the community’s values and cultural references, and/or an erosion of systems of governance and public order. The study [10, p.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Strategies for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

In this article, we will explore the actions PMs can take to manage virtual project teams effectively, addressing common challenges and providing practical insights to enhance collaboration, governance, and performance. Define Roles and Responsibilities Clarifying roles and responsibilities is essential for governance.

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5 Steps to Finding the Path to Business Agility

International Institute for Learning

The Kaizen loop is one of several improvement processes we use to plan, do, study and act our way to continuous improvement. We can use many patterns that have been identified and verified as good practices across many industries, including construction, government, telecommunications, travel, finance software development, and so on.

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Could This Spanish Tradition Revolutionize Your Workday?

Teamweek

Studies show that eating quickly may be associated with being overweight. For example, a study on expert violinists showed that the best group of violinists spent about four hours per day on solitary practice, and even famous figures like Charles Darwin spent about four hours daily on concentrated work. A later bedtime.

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The Real Impact of Emotional Intelligence in Project Management

LiquidPlanner

Various studies have highlighted a link between understanding emotions and leadership and team performance and success. A 2016 report from the World Economic Forum on the future of jobs found that skills that were high on the must-have lists today will be less needed or disappear by 2020.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

Adam Alami, Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / International Conference on Project Management / Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2016, October 5–7, 2016. Hooey, Safety Science, Volume 85, June 2016, Pages 241–257. Whitney and Charles B. 29 May 2013.

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