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 →
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 →
So, here is a question for you to ponder, do you have communications equality in your project? does your project and corporate hierarchy, structure and access to communications tools and... read more →
Marginalisation is a real problem faced by many if not all virtual teams at some point. However you structure your virtual work teams, you will almost always find some groups who feel... read more →
Communication skills are one of those things most of us all believe we have developed pretty much by the time we have learnt to talk and write, however, the real skills of an... read more →
Quite some time ago, I began thinking about how best to help senior, and generally very busy managers improve their communications abilities when running or working in virtual team environments. These... read more →
In the Knowledge Age, being a professional requires much more than a qualification or ‘know how’. Every industry has a mix of practitioners and professionals; regardless of whether they are... read more →
One of the most important tasks a project manager must perform to be effective in delivering their project is communicating down, communicating to inform, inspire and direct their team. It... read more →
The concept of Impostor Syndrome has been discussed in a number of different contexts for some time now. It is also something my colleagues and I talk about from time. Impostor syndrome is... read more →
Getting things done in organisations essentially comes down to the interplay of three emotions, Trust, Respect and Fear, and how your team interacts under each of them. While the ideal position... read more →