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How to Future Proof Your Career

Learn to be prepared in a changing job market. Understand which skills you have and which you need for your next promotion or job. I give you 3 ways to prepare and 5 steps to uncover what you need to succeed.

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How to thrive in a VUCA world

Working in a VUCA world requires new approaches to leading people, management projects and connecting with others. Having the right outlook and approach to assessment and mitigation of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity will make the difference between success and failure. Learn how to plan, act and leverage VUCA here.

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Master the Art of Delegation | Build a more engaged and productive team

Delegating work is an effective way to manage a project or team’s workload. But mastering the art of delegation can improve the team's performance, skills, and capabilities. And create opportunities for innovation and personal growth. Learn 7 tips for mastering the art of delegation so you can become a better leader.

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Choosing the Right Project Governance Approach

Project Management Governance is critical for successful project execution. So what is the best governance model for your project? Managers may think there is only one way of working when it comes to governance, but that's not true. Various models fit different requirements, focus on different project types, and are built to meet different objectives. I review 5 models with use cases and examples.

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Project Management Contracts: Learn to Protect your Project

Managers and Project Managers need to be able to read, understand and manage contracts.

Why? Contacts can impact project costs, outcomes, and risk.

Contracts are something every manager can master. It just takes putting these tips into place and practice.

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Project Governance for Project Managers

Project governance is essential for ensuring the success of a project. It establishes a framework for decision-making, risk management, and accountability. Good governance can also help to prevent project failure, reduce costs, and improve stakeholder satisfaction. How to know if your project needs governance, how to setup the governance meetings and reporting. I take you through everything you need to know, step-by-step.

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How to Increase your Project’s Marketing Mojo

Some managers may think that Marketing does not apply to them. However, Marketing is an essential component of any project. Marketing is about building awareness, education, excitement, and adoption of your project’s message and product. Do you want to know what it takes to reach your audience with the right message and impact? Get the details here.

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3 Essential Skills Managers need to Succeed

Every Project Manager needs to know 3 things that they don’t teach in most schools, or Certification courses. But knowing these things makes the difference between being a competent manager versus being a great business leader. What are they and how can these essential points help you succeed? Read on!

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How to Transition from Project to Operation

Projects are only the first step to successful implementation of any solution. To be sustainable, an operational support team must be put into place. How to transition from Project to Operations smoothly to ensure the long term success of your project? Read more here.

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5 Tips to Successful Supplier Governance

Suppliers are key to the success of any business. Having the right relationship and Supplier governance model can make the difference between a high performing relationship and a dysfunctional one. See the 1 page document any manager can use to create clear expectations and track Supplier performance to improve outcomes for both parties.

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Make or Buy? How to Make a Strategic Decision For Your Project

How to make a strategy make versus buy decision for your project or business? Some decisions are harder than others. Given the challenges in asset costs, access to skilled staff, product commoditization. These choices are getting harder. What do you need to consider when making a buy vs make decision? Learn more here.

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3 Ways to Have More Productive Meetings

Every meeting needs a clear context, agreement, and action. Meetings have a high cost in terms of total staff effort and time. So make team meetings count. Be as specific, prepared, concise, and action-oriented. Let me show you 3 ways to make every meeting better and give you tips to consider when setting up your next meeting. Your team will thank you for it.

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The Project Procurement Process

The Procurement and Contracting Process for Projects is not something that Project Managers need to use daily, but it is a process that every Project Manager needs to understand.

What are the steps in a procurement process? How does contracting impact the Project Managers' management of the work? And what do Project Managers need to know about contracting terms? Find out in this article.

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Why Organizational Change is important to your Project

Projects understand their work impacts the organization. But does your project plan for organization change? Does it hire the right skills needed to ensure the organization, people, communication, policies, process, and technology impact are managed to allow for effective and efficient work. But more importantly does your project make the company a better place to work and a better supplier to their Customers. Consider taking steps to include Organization Change in your Project.

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Project Requirements, Scope, and Deliverables: the Purpose of a Project

What are Project Requirements, and how do they relate to Scope and Deliverables? Every project team faces this issue. This step-by-step article explains the process and gives examples and charts to show you how to complete the right Product with the right outcome. Helpful for agile or waterfall Project methodologies.

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How to Onboard a new Project Team Member

Onboarding your new team members is important. Doing it right takes time, planning and a clear process. What are the 5 things every leader needs to do to ensure new team member are set up for success? What tools can new managers use to make the process clear and easy? I take you through what you need to know and examples of a process. I also give you a free downloadable to use to get you started faster.

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