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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count. Driving Project, Program and Portfolio Success: The Sustainability Wheel Authors: Rich Maltzman and David Shirley. PDU claim: 9 hours.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

They transform project initiatives from isolated endeavors into integral components of the organization's broader strategic roadmap, laying the groundwork for sustained success and growth. In the broader context of business and leadership, organizational governance systems emerge as a pillar of importance.

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Matrix Management for Strategic Projects

International Institute for Learning

Strategic projects may focus on the long-term needs of each senior manager and long-term corporate sustainability. Team members may not like the leadership style used by the project manager and resist accepting instructions and advice. Some cultures sustain the belief that functional authority comes before project authority.

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2020 Challenges and Trends in Construction

Epicflow Blog

Many of you have heard about a $140,000 3D printed house in China in 2016 and probably read the news about the popularity of this approach for constructing buildings in Dubai. Sustainability in Construction: Green Building Trends. But still today new trends and challenges arise in this field from time to time. .

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. If we’ve learned anything recently, it’s that our world – politically and socially – is a different place than it was in 2016. Colin Ellis.

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Innovation in project management: Inspiration from Dubai

Susanne Madsen

In 2016 the UAE government was named the second-most tech savvy government in the world by the World Economic Forum and the Dubai government has formulated a bold strategy to be the world’s most innovative city by 2021. Perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise.