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I Want to Use Agile, but My Organization Doesn’t Want To
By Chris Moody
Fear not agile warrior, you are not alone and help is on the way. They are many situations where someone just knows that agile could help or even change the face of the entire company if utilized…yet someone or many people within an […]

Flexible Leadership: Learning to Lead And Manage
By Richard Lepsinger
It’s time to put an end to a decades-long debate.
For years, leadership consultants have discussed the differences between leadership and management and which approach is more effective.
Some contend managing and leading are mutually exclusive roles that require different values and traits. This conventional way of thinking says […]

What Happens When Success is Your Only Option
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Founder, Cheetah Learning
When you run a small business, as small as even just yourself, does failure ever really occur? I hear often in the media about this or that business being “too big to fail” – but in reality isn’t it more like “Too […]

How to Undertake a Project Quality Review that will Increase Your Bottom-Line
By Michael Stanleigh
A project quality review helps to identify the root causes of problems on a flailing project and provides detailed guidance for how to get it back on track. It has a direct, positive impact on an organization’s bottom-line. When undertaken at the […]

Don’t Be a Project Management Lemming!
By Kiron D. Bondale
Given the progressive decline in oil prices over the past year, economic slowdowns in Asia impacting other global markets, and poor performance to date across multiple stock exchanges, it is not a surprise that many investors are tempted to sell their investments at a loss and make […]

4 Skills for Effective Leadership in All Situations
By Chris Prato
Untold volumes of information have been written about effective leadership. All business owners know that effective leadership is essential to driving performance, but few understand what this really means. It seems that almost every day, there’s a new, “groundbreaking” approach to leadership described in some pop-business […]

Six Predictions for Project Portfolio Management in 2016
By Kevin Kern
Each year we review and reflect on some of the industry specific Project Portfolio Management trends of the past year and consider trends for the coming year that might have an impact on the business. Here are our six predictions heading into 2016:
If you’re not […]

Critical Attributes of a Good Leader
By Aaron D Smith
Reflection is an important component of effective leadership and efficient management. When was the last time you were able to think back on your own performance as a manager or leader? Sure, you may have your annual performance review when your supervisor explains the highs and lows […]

Think You’re Cut Out for PM in 2016? Take This Quiz!
By Joel Roberts
Are you sure you are ready for the challenges 2016 will bring to project management? PM is not immune to the technological revolution that is shaking other departments for a few decades now. There are definitive changes to follow as 2016 progresses and […]

How to Overcome Your Worst Project Problems
By Harry Hall
Allow me to ask you a question. When you face life’s most difficult problems, do you run away from your problems? Successful individuals, groups, and organizations have a habit of running TOWARD their problems, not away from them.
Rather than seeing problems as unwelcome, problem solvers see challenges […]