4 Key Takeaways From A London Conference
Posted by on Jun 18, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers | 0 comments
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have noticed my tweets last week came from the Business Process Management Europe Conference in London. It was co-located with the Enterprise Architecture Europe Conference and expertly hosted by IRM UK . It’s a long time since I’ve been to a conference and my expectations of both the speakers and content were high. There were around 250 attendees representing 30 or more countries and many have blogged about their experience. Rather than taking you through the conference, its content and highlights from the various speakers I heard, I thought I’d share my 4 key takeaways. While they won’t surprise you they should confirm you’re either on the right track when it comes to influencing and delivering change or that some course correction is well overdue. Half way through the conference I was hearing a definite theme – the buck stops with Senior Management. For the sake of typing I’m using ‘Senior Management’ collectively to include Executives, C-level and up
Read MorePsychology and Project Management
Posted by Lindsay Scott on Jun 18, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers | 0 comments
At last week’s Association for Project Management’s (APM) annual conference there was a definite feel of human behaviour and psychology in the air. With two keynote speakers focusing on human behaviour there was a lot of food for thought. We’ll be looking at the subject of psychology and project management in this month’s newsletter – due out this Thursday ( you can sign up on the website ) and I’ll cover the two main speakers there. One of the speakers Professor Richard Wiseman gave a great keynote speech on luck – are we lucky or unlucky? Does luck even exist? The presentation was all about our own attitudes – if we’re generally more positive in life we tend to spot opportunities that will work out well for us. If we’re a glass half empty we’ll tend to see the negative in most situations – failing to see what’s right under our noses.
Read MoreCompany won’t pay for project leadership skills development? Here are 5 ways you can do it yourself
Posted by lward on Jun 17, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers, Uncategorized | Comments Off
My post a few weeks ago, Investment in project leadership skills declines…from an already low point spoke about the declining investment organizations are making in leadership skills for their PMs. I’d like to follow this up with 5 ways that any project or program manager can successfully develop their own leadership skills. Sure, it’s a little more difficult than attending courses or having a formal development plan, but if no one else will help, you just have to do it yourself. After all, it’s your future. You need to think carefully about it. Here are the five approaches I offered in my presentation entitled “14 Leadership Skills to Boost Your Career” which I delivered in Istanbul, Turkey as part of the PMI EMEA 2013.
Read MorePrueba de capacidad de hacer multitarea
Posted by on Jun 14, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers | Comments Off
Fuera de lo acostumbro poner en el blog, ahora prongo un test que me fue sugerido por Magaret Meloni La idea es ayudar a identificar que tan capaces somos de hacer multitasking. El test es muy rápido y se puede ejecutar aqui: Created by http://Open-Site.org
Read MoreDecember 2012 – June 2013 PM Minimalist Update Now Available
Posted by Michael Greer on Jun 13, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers | Comments Off
I just emailed my latest PM Minimalist Update to subscribers. Highlights from this issue include links to 31 new articles, tools and media, including: 9 New Articles at my PM Resources website 15 New Project Management FREEBIES ! 7 New Inspired Project Teams Articles (including Forgive them. It’s Just Their Inner Chihuahua .) … and lots more PM goodies! Subscribe today & get a Bonus zip file containing 15 PM articles or tools in PDF format ( 88-pages total!) plus a 37-minute PM podcast ! Below are links to all back issues: March 22, 2011 April 13, 2011 May 17, 2011 June 21, 2011 July 26, 2011 August 12, 2011 September 14, 2011 October 25, 2011 November 29, 2011 December 31, 2011 January 31, 2012 February 29, 2012 March 30, 2012 April 30, 2012 May 31, 2012 June/July, 2012 August – November, 2012
Read MoreIt’s harsh but so much is true.. graduate project managers take note
Posted by Lindsay Scott on Jun 13, 2013 in PMChat Bloggers | Comments Off
A new slideshare just out this month… Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You. Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You. from Mark O’Toole photo credit: x-ray delta one via photopin cc Related Posts Monday Morning Links – 26th October Graduate Opportunities in Project Management Live Q&A – Project Management Careers (December) Graduates in Project Management Five Ways to Use Us: Part II Convincing The Recruiter: Looking Professional in Your Job Search Online Dependency? Standing Out in a Project Management Meerkat Zemanta
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