Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2022

When I read Susanne Madsen’s book, The Power of Project Leadership. Often we think that leadership is about character and attitude (read my take on the traits of good leaders here ) and forget that you can actually practice being a better leader by coaching yourself in the right behaviors. I was struck by how practical it was.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

While presenting the project risk management knowledge area from the PMBOK framework, when I indicated that while in our daily conversations risks are usually threats there can be positive risks as well, I was met with some disbelief and skepticism. A positive risk is not something recognized outside of the PM space.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 16, 2017

Before I’d got far reading Gary Lloyd’s Business Leadership for IT Projects I realised he was offering a critical assessment on the Standish report on project failure – thankfully. For example, in a book about IT projects one of the first assertions that he makes is that you simplify everything if you don’t do IT projects. “[M]inimise

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

Wise’s book, Trust in Virtual Teams. For me, this was the big revelation from the book. leadership support. “Establishing both a trust relationship and an effective virtual work environment, based on that trust, is critical to reducing project risk.” ” My view of the book. social events.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 12, 2022

I’ve often referenced Dr. David Hillson’s definition of risk as “ uncertainty that matters ” in my articles about project risk management. If stakeholders don’t feel that the information presented to them about a risk matters to them, they will ignore it.

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In his groundbreaking book Emotional Intelligence from 1995, Daniel Goleman explains that emotional intelligence is about twice as important as cognitive ability for positions at every level. Their automatic resource leveling feature optimizes the project schedule and alerts leaders of bottlenecks and resource risks early.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 23, 2022

If a team possesses a high level of psychological safety, does this increase the likelihood that one of its members might feel safe taking a risk which goes beyond the risk tolerance of the team, the line of business or the organization as a whole? Provide examples of what is and isn’t safe to do.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 3, 2023

A chronic challenge faced by project managers in many of the companies I’ve worked for or consulted with is that rather than spending the majority of their time on high value, strategic activities such as effective managing stakeholder engagement or dealing with emerging risks, they are busy filling out forms and reports.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 22, 2021

Secondary risks are those which arise based on the implementation of a response to an identified risk. Similar to other risks, secondary risks can fall into known-unknown and unknown-unknown categories. To respond to the risk, I went to the nearby hardware store and got a can of wasp spray.

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Velociteach

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Constance Dierickx lays out a new paradigm for leadership that offers a way to synthesize thinking, emotion, and behavior. Meta-leadership goes beyond conventional leadership attributes, emphasizing not only the possession of knowledge and skills but also a keen sense of observation and discernment. Who am I trying to please?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

This article, The Project Manager’s Little Book of Cheats [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. There’s no such thing as cheating in project management,” writes Beth Spriggs , “but if there were it would be this book.”. I love books that are practical and applicable, and this is both.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 21, 2022

Thanks to the most recent issue of Tom Geraghty’s weekly Psychological Safety newsletter , I learned about a new model for how we consider safety and risk. People are viewed as a source of risk and liability and when problems occur, the focus is on identifying root causes and addressing those.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time for is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. It didn’t take much browsing on his website to realise that it was going to be my kind of book. Leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Risky shift is the difference between the average risk taken by individuals and the risk taken by the group.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. You should have developed a risk management plan during the planning phase.

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 10, 2021

This will help to contain costs, reduce risks and deliver value sooner. A little risk management goes a long way. To be effective, risk management needs to be perceived as adding value and pragmatic. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I am midway through Annie Duke’s latest book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. Her latest book tackles the challenges we face with knowing when it is the right time to quit. Her latest book tackles the challenges we face with knowing when it is the right time to quit.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2023

I read a number of project leadership books each year but usually I find only one or two which really make an impact. Professor Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner ‘s book “ How Big Things Get Done ” is one of the latter. Flyvbjerg’s decades of research into large, complex projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders. — Leadership. Instead, he or she provides recommendations and options as well as highlights potential risks to consider in order to estimate a given task. Fred Obiero.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2024

During his talk, he covered concepts like friction, the three gaps model of Bungay, intent, intent-based leadership, humble planning, sprint goals, the fog of beforehand, and the fog of speculation. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? It is a must-see for all agile practitioners! ?

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 29, 2022

Thought Leadership News Insight and Expertise for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations. Disruptive Change | Leadership Insights and Tips Exclusive Zoom Q&A with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez talks with us about disruptive change and shares leadership insights and tips as he answers these 4 questions: 1.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 9, 2022

While one could sit down and blitz through a pile of books in one month, if no reading is done the rest of the year, it is not likely to be as effective as reading throughout the year. Instead, spending a modest amount of time regularly managing risks based on the context of the project would be much more effective.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

They might place greater faith in senior leadership’s ability to overcome significant issues with the project. While I’m in favor of the first two suggestions, there is always a risk with the third of micro-management or overly heavy governance.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects. We use leadership skills to do this.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Resilience and Risk Management: The prevalent global uncertainties highlight the paramount importance of business and societal resilience and proactive risk management in project initiatives. Dr Farrow is known for her compassionate leadership and engagement approach.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Quality Manager Project Scheduler (often found in the construction industry or engineering) Project Risk Manager If you love agile project management, then look for a Scrum Master role — even though this is not the same as project management it might be a good fit for you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Or book a power hour with me and get started on your mentoring journey straight away! Do you have any book recommendations on X topic? Book a power hour with me. Book a power hour This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management Still looking for a mentor? Can we go through the list? Need a mentor?

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Book Recommendations I'd like to recommend the following book from my friend Bill Dow: Dow, Bill. The post 40 Reasons PMOs Fail appeared first on Project Risk Coach. If you've already implemented a PMO, review the list to see where you might need to make some changes in your approach. The Tactical Guide for Building a PMO.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While it was costly, by doing so I was able to avoid one risk and had the confidence to do the grouting by myself thanks to the assistance of a few YouTube videos. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2018

The Project Management Institute (PMI) ® Talent Triangle ® has addressed the need for project leadership competencies. 3) Leadership. Below is a contrast between project management vs. project leadership competencies. Leadership Technical Competency. Leadership. Reach consensus on risk mitigation.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2022

When HR policies require functional managers to seek input from the project managers whom their team members worked with, and project managers are required to provide objective feedback into the formal evaluation process, it mostly eliminates these risks. But this is not something I’ve run across frequently.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 14, 2022

Even in amateur ball, it is rare for a pitcher to be able to play all nine innings without some loss of accuracy or risking an injury. Effective risk management requires us to regularly monitor for triggers which might be leading indicators of a risk being realized. Neither player can afford to get tunnel vision.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Leadership Leaders play a critical role and appear at every level in the organization. A primary leadership role in establishing the organization’s vision and strategy. It is easier to prove one page than a chapter, let alone an entire book.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 3, 2022

Susanne Madsen writes about the three mistakes that managers make in her book, The Power of Project Leadership. To move to this way of thinking we have to ditch the view that leadership and management are different. Besides, we have the internet and our colleagues and books for the things we don’t know. Susanne Madsen.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

However, the risk of getting the change aspects wrong can be huge. There are also plenty of good quality change management books if a training course is not for you. She is the author of Build, Excite, Equip which is the book that this class is based on. I have read Nicola’s book so I kind of knew what to expect there.

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