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How To Make 2023 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. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Throughout the project, leadership is simple: you serve your team.

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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. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Let’s jump in. And in no particular order we start with….

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How mergers and acquisitions can cement IT as a strategic business partner

Project Accelerator News

I was asked last year to consult on a takeover that had gone smoothly until it came to the integration of IT systems. Not consulting the architects in either scenario risks the whole thing collapsing into a pile of rubble. Instead, he told me that he felt like banging his head against a wall. This stands to reason.

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How To Make 2019 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. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Let’s jump in. And in no particular order we start with….

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Create a Learning Environment:  Profit from Your Mistakes

Project Management Essentials

It also shaped my approach to management and leadership. However, the same principals can be applied to internal processes and applications development. Develop a basic, initial process—the simpler, the better. Managers play a critical role in creating the environment and helping develop these skills.

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THE FIRST THING TO DO WHEN SETTING UP A PMO

The Squad Report

Here are some ways you can start: You can ask your boss, someone who hired you into the PMO Leadership role or promoted you from within, about who she thinks you should speak with Use that as a starting point and brainstorm others you could connect with. Once this is done, you are ready and armed to go about with setting up your PMO.

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How Project Management Can Help Fight the “IT and the Business” Paradox

Bridge the Gap Consulting

” I started consulting at a company where in a kick-off meeting, the sponsor, who was from Document Management, shook hands with the lead application developer. Company leadership, especially those in technology, have a long hill to climb. The wizard yells “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”