LEADING UP: A CRITICAL SKILL FOR PROJET MANAGER EFFECTIVENESS
One of the key challenges that project managers face, especially in matrix organizations, is the lack of adequate authority to carry out their responsibilities. They must rely on their influence, communication, negotiation, and other skills to obtain required cooperation and resources from functional managers, who are most often their superiors in the organization. Now, one…
Read MoreLeadership for Project Managers, Team Leaders and Senior Engineers
This course is cover: Introduction to Project Management Introduction to Portfolio, Program and Project Management Introduction to Project Management as a vehicle for delivering Organizational Strategy Introduction to Project Team Development Personality Types and Impact on Teams Introduction to Strength-based Teams and Leadership Introduction to Team Communication and Collaboration This will be facilitated by a…
Read MoreNew Project Team Member: Team Cohesion Implications
The addition of new team member midway into the project comes with risks that must be managed.
It can introduce conflicts, communication problems or even set the team back so much that team development processes have to be repeated.
THE MARRIAGE CLASS
People spend up to 16 years studying in preparation for their careers. Some even add a period of internship and licensing to be allowed to practice. The average cost of private school attendance from kindergarten through 4 years of postsecondary study is $291,404 in 2021 currency values But when it comes to marriage, as serious as it…
Read MoreEVERYONE COMMUNICATES FEW CONNECT MASTERMIND TRAINING
Learn the art of connecting during this unique experience! To Sign Up with USD Credit or Debit Card CLICK HERE To Sign Up with NGN Credit or Debit Card CLICK HERE
Read MoreThe Greatest Headache of Project Teams
Preliminary results of our survey of program and project managers and their deputies, project coordinators, project management specialists, and others show that the number one headache is: Project Team Issues – Poor skills and attitude Fifty three percent (53%) of the respondents said that this is their greatest headache. Is that also true of your…
Read MoreFundamentals of Project Management
I am developing a project management course to help project professionals bridge the theoretical gap, for those who have only experience, and the practice gap, for those who know only the theory.I am drawing from my 30+ years of oil and gas project experience both onshore and offshore, in Africa and the Middle East, working…
Read MoreWHAT MAKES A GREAT PLANNING ENGINEER?
RIGHT WAYS TO BECOME A PLANNING ENGINEER In the previous essay on the wrong and right ways to become a planning engineer I dwelt on the wrong ways. Today I discuss the right way and what makes a great planning engineer. I am not aware of any globally agreed set of criteria that specify the…
Read MoreI Need Your Help!
I am preparing a project planning course for project managers, project engineers, planning engineers and other project personnel. I would like to know what you would like to see in such a course to give you maximum value. Please, take a few moments to respond to this short survey. Your opinion is important to me…
Read MoreWRONG AND RIGHT WAYS TO BECOME A PLANNING ENGINEER
There are wrong and right ways to become a planning engineer. I discuss the wrong way today. I will discuss the the right way in a subsequent post. Some become planning engineers just by undergoing project management software training. This could be SureTrack Project Manager (for older planning personal), Primavera, Microsoft Project or any other.…
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