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How to list project management skills on your resume

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s now a trend towards calling them ‘power skills’ (started, I believe, by PMI) because calling them ‘soft’ makes them seem easy. Power skills include: Communication (written and verbal) Listening Stakeholder engagement Conflict management Negotiation Influencing Leadership Team building Change management.

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How to take over an existing project [Free checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If this is all new to you, check out PMI Kickoff , a free overview of all things project management that will help get you started. 5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. How do you spend it?

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Meeting Management Techniques for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Meeting management skills are no longer part of the Exam Content Outline (ECO), which you can download from the PMI website. Instead, the ECO talks about communication, knowledge transfer, engaging the team, governance and a whole lot more that you would often use meetings to accomplish. Tip: If someone asks, “Why are we meeting?”

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Master’s in Project Management vs MBA: 10 Expert Tips to Help You Decide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, I’ll share 10 expert tips from a range of people about their experiences to help you choose the right higher education goals for you, so you can make the right choice for your career. Here are 10 expert tips to help you decided whether to go the MBA or the Master’s in Project Management route.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What’s your top tip for project managers wanting to inspire their project teams to do their best work? Modelling is the reason we don’t want our children to hang out with “the wrong sort of influence” and it is the reason we want them to hang out with “the right sort of people”. So how do we do it? I love this question.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Some might want to save the celebrations until the final delivery, but having milestones , acknowledging them and rewarding the team throughout the execution phase is how you keep morale up, which influences productivity. Ineffective corporate governance. Strategic Tips to Improve Project Execution. Meet Regularly.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What’s your top tip for project managers wanting to inspire their project teams to do their best work? Modelling is the reason we don’t want our children to hang out with “the wrong sort of influence” and it is the reason we want them to hang out with “the right sort of people”. So how do we do it? I love this question.