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Has “Leadership” Become a Misnomer?
By Harroll Ingram
I remember playing a game called follow-the-leader, as a child. First, a leader was chosen to be at the head of a line of children. The other children, then, lined up behind the leader. The leader moved around aimlessly, sometimes with a stick in his hand, and all the […]

PM Foundations – Managing Supplier Performance
By Steve Hart
How you work with and manage a supplier on your project is directly related to the type of products and services you are purchasing from the supplier. These products and services may be resources performing specific services/roles, purchase of tangible off-the-shelf products (i.e., infrastructure, software licenses), or built […]

4 Huge Problems that a Resource Planning Tool Solve
By Patricia Goh
For the communication, ease-of-use, integrations and accessibilities, you are not only taking better care of your business but also taking better care of your employees. The best part is that it doesn’t stop here, with the constant development of technology, you are looking at more […]

Why ITIL Can Be Dangerous to Business Relationship Management Health
By Vaughan Merlyn
First, let me be clear—establishing robust Service Management discipline is essential ‘table stakes’ for an IT organization with low supply maturity (i.e., one that is not good at keeping the proverbial ‘lights on and trains running on time.’) If your Business Partners don’t understand […]

How Resource Requests Made Me a Thankful PMO Manager
By Kristyn Medeiros
Thanksgiving time always gives me the chance to take a step back and look at all the things that I am grateful for. Of course, I am thankful for family, friends, my health, and all the things that make my world go around. But beyond […]

The Importance of Trust in Business
By Timothy Prosser
Trust is essential to getting anything done. How it is expressed makes a huge difference in how things go, however, and it’s one of those things you can ignore (though you may do this at your peril). I always told my kids “trust, but verify”. Trust is earned […]

Four Steps for Passing the PMP Exam
By Dan Stober, PMP, Global Knowledge
If you have been a professional project manager for a number of years, then it is highly likely that you have considered earning your Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential. And why wouldn’t you? It is well known that the PMP certificate is not only […]

4 Essential Elements to Building Trust Within Your Team
By Richard Lepsinger
Trust is the essential ingredient that binds every successful team together.
Building trust takes time, especially within virtual teams where face-to-face interactions are few and far between. And as many of us have learned the hard way, it takes only a moment to destroy.
To build trust […]

Why Do Projects Fail Miserably
By Patricia Goh
Project management tools are great for the use of one single project. But with multiple projects in hand? That requires more than brains and skills to juggle. Multi-project management calls for a good resource planning tool. When using a resource planning software, you are allowing yourself to focus on […]

Organizational Effectiveness Rule #1: All Work Isn’t Created the Same
By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”
It’s a well-worn cliché, but that’s because it’s invariably true. Think about what happens in most organizations. Whatever’s making the most noise, whatever task is screaming loudly enough for urgent attention, will get done.
But is it […]