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Is your team “quiet quitting?” How to handle employee overload

Planio

Employee overload is the norm at many companies, with management setting loftier goals with fewer resources. Rather than try to fix the problem, organizations squeeze their teams to the limit, which isn’t good for long-term business growth. Why is it so bad for teams and companies? Why is your team so overloaded?

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What is servant leadership? How to empower your Agile team

Planio

People don’t leave bad jobs - they leave bad managers. So, it only makes sense that to keep your team together and happy (and avoid project failure ), you need to level up your leadership game. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy that focuses on empowering and supporting team members. Educate yourself.

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Professional Development Day 2022 – IGNITE!

International Institute for Learning

PDD 2022 Ignite your future with new skills, add to your professional network, and develop as a leader. PMI has become and continues to be the leading professional association in project management. The goal of the Metrolina chapter is to advance the mission and objectives of the Project Management Institute. Register Now.

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10 ways to stay calm under pressure (at work and in life)

Planio

Break large goals or projects down into manageable tasks 6. But, if you’re exposed to high-pressure situations all the time , that’s when you’re at risk of anxiety and stress. Fight or flight reactions require a lot of energy and aren’t sustainable over time. More energy for hobbies. Focus on staying in the moment 2.

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Zombie Projects and How to Kill Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One of the first things that project managers learn on training courses is that a project has a start, a middle and an end. Don’t be the project manager that lets a project go on and on by accepting every scope change and picking up all the operational work as well as the requests for new functionality, additions or improvements.

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How Organisations Can Set up New Project Leaders for Success

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Angela always excelled at playing leader or manager at group projects growing up. Then she was made project manager. College didn’t train her for this, neither did her company and she wasn’t a good manager for quite a while after. She believed that she was destined to lead. This story isn’t unique to Angela.

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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Pam Shergill

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this installation of the occasional series of Inspiring Women in Project Management, I’m interviewing Pam Shergill, Director of PS Management Consultancy. Pam and I talk about how she got into project management by ultimately making herself redundant, and how she manages to get two months off a year. By accident!