As a consultant who spends a lot of time working on virtual team challenges of engineering companies, the engineering project skills for the future is often on my mind. The... read more →
Where are the future international project communicators coming from? Where are they developing right now? and, How can their development be supported and facilitated so that there are enough of... read more →
Probably the most common way international projects develop their communications plans is through the simple trial and error of starting a project with an international, virtual team component with no... read more →
I seem to have had a few conversations with clients recently on the need for personal motivation as a driving force to succeed in international communications. By motivation I am referring... read more →
I have been thinking for a while now about where we find the role models for our future leaders, you know who I mean, the figures we recommend aspiring leaders model... read more →
We are all the same... only different. How many times on your project do you hear conversations of proclamations from team members that include something along the lines of "Why... read more →
When you need to send your people overseas for extended expat project deployments, how do you pick the right ones? Much of the early part of my career was spent... read more →
I am delighted to say that I have had an article published in ICCPM Connect, the quarterly journal of the International Centre for Complex Project Management. In the article, which you... read more →
Something which comes up quite frequently in discussions I have with colleagues, particularly those new to working in virtual teams, is whether there is a protocol for establishing contact at... read more →
Often, during the process of initiating new projects, it seems that agreed budgets come under pressure. This occurs particularly when the newly appointed project manager and client are reviewing where... read more →