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Is a lack of psychological safety preventing you from delegating?

Kiron Bondale

Harvard Business Review published an article by Sabina Nawaz this week on some challenges managers face when they delegate work to their staff. The gaps identified with team members being able to perform the tasks successfully included a lack of critical thinking, a lack of initiative, a lack of quality and a lack of speed. While these are valid concerns, some times the issue is that we avoid delegating activities to team members.

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Resource Capacity Planning – It’s Not in the Details

Planview

There is a myth in planning circles that more detail is better and more accurate. In resource planning this looks like huge spreadsheets with people’s names assigned to specific projects across the months or weeks for at least a year. If we can plan out that much detail that far, it must be accurate, right? Well, not so fast. There are three main problems with this approach: It takes a long time to create and modify those spreadsheets.

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Ultimate Project Handover Guide: What You Need to Know

Online PM Courses

Project Handover is where your work comes to fruition. But handover is more of a process than a milestone, so there is a lot to get right. The post Ultimate Project Handover Guide: What You Need to Know appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Voices of Our Community

MPUG

As a reminder, the content of our articles does not represent the opinions of MPUG, but rather illustrates support of all our followers and the project management community at large. We wish to give voice to all active MPUG community members and seek to remain neutral, open, and inclusive, while inviting everyone to use MPUG as a platform to express their viewpoints.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Everything You Need to Know to Succeed at Relationship Marketing

Teamweek

Ever heard the term relationship marketing before? If not, you just might be throwing a good chunk of your company’s hard-earned cash out the window, because relationship marketing is a core marketing strategy. But fear not! We’re here to put those bills back in your pocket. After reading this blog post, you’ll have a deep understanding of what relationship marketing is, why it matters, and how to successfully implement it at your company.

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