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Why Your Team Resists Change – And How to Inspire Change

Scrum.org

These levers can be treated as practical guidance that will allow you to influence effectively pragmatically. Impacting Vision Need for change There are only two ways to influence human behaviour: you can manipulate or inspire it. Vervoort, 2012). Impacting First Action Onboard the change agents Who are the change agents?

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

It addition it is noted in the PM-Partners: PMO Trends 2012 report: When a PMO is expected to work across the organisation at all levels, oversee significant investments and facilitate senior decisions – it is surprising that a high number of organisations either put the wrong person in the job or don’t support them when they are in place.

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Sustainable Sydney 2030 program lays out other initiative to develop the city, which is mentioned in the most recent Global Liveability Index. It’s being built with urban sustainability and environmental protection in mind. The initiative has secured A$20bn of public funding as well as private investment. A search on Seek.com.au

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Project Leadership: What Does it Really Mean to Lead, Not Manage?

MPUG

But I do believe we have some level of obligation to: Consult with them, seek out their opinions, and listen to them Understand their priorities and preferences (even if we cannot address all of them) Keep them informed in a timely way Treat them with respect at all times Also, our roles may require us to influence them from time to time.

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17 Books (and Videos) to Inspire Creative Teams

Wrike

Burnout and blockages are the bane of the creative professional’s existence, so pick up this book for tips on structuring your daily routines to support a sustainable creative rhythm. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Feb 2012) Austin Kleon Originality is a myth. Check it out.

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Tailoring Your Project Management Approach: A Beginner’s Guide

Project Pulse Journal

Tailoring, as a continuous effort, sustains relevance and value in project management practices. Involving stakeholders, particularly those with high deciding power and influence on the project, must be a habit throughout the project lifecycle, specifically when tailoring the management approach. Retrieved from: [link] Whitaker, S.

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How Alpha Brainwaves Boost Productivity and Creativity

Wrike

Seeking a promotion, contributing to team meetings, comforting a hurting friend — these are actions you take influenced by the different brainwaves and their associated mental states. This 2012 scientific study infers that alpha brainwaves can help suppress distractions, especially when the distractions are anticipated or expected.