Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In my company the project managers are responsible for everything, yet in reality have little or no control over delivery resources. The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. Project management is stressful. Do you need some help working out how project management fits?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

Whole books (like this one, my favorite) have been written about how to improve productivity. I’d love to say the answer is to introduce a team productivity tool (especially as I literally wrote the book on collaboration tools for project managers ). People are influenced by the people around them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Learn the skills needed to lead a virtual team, chair online meetings and manage the work remotely. Integrating change management for project success. Too much of project management focuses on building and completing something. Change management is the forgotten discipline of project success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here. The extension of self-care is caring for others, also crucial for project management and change management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In their book, Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work , Gregory P. Solomon talk about the 8 things that you should be targeting if you want the change management effort on your project to stick. Where employees fit in the process of making decisions can influence their behavior.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Book a power hour with me. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that. Need a mentor?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

There are many women globally leading initiatives to shine a spotlight on women, including one of the largest initiatives launched on Twitter in 2017 by Dr Kirstin Ferguson called #CelebratingWomen , which resulted in a book in 2018 called Woman Kind. Related: Advice for Women in Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If you want to move into program management, these 5 skills will help you prove you are capable of doing the role: Resource management Stakeholder engagement Data analysis and synthesis Data-driven decision making Change management. Practical experience as a project manager or operational (line) manager will also help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Whole books (like this one, my favourite) have been written about how to improve productivity. I’d love to say the answer is to introduce a team productivity tool (especially as I literally wrote the book on collaboration tools for project managers). People are influenced by the people around them. Scott Berkun.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Risk management will make you a better project manager , so it’s worth spending some time thinking about how to address this issue. A bright cover for Mike’s own book, Risk Happens! Dr Mike Clayton. How To Do Away with Group Think at Work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s worth noting that the APM Body of Knowledge also covers interpersonal and softer skills, and people like me have been writing books about how important the people stuff is to project management for years. It’s the difference between doing a reasonable job and being seen as a strategic influencer at work. Yes, that’s right!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

If you want to move into program management, these 5 skills will help you prove you are capable of doing the role: Resource management Stakeholder engagement Data analysis and synthesis Data-driven decision making Change management. Practical experience as a project manager or operational (line) manager will also help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

You can see a list of all their books in one place here. I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. Many of them are authors. Ranjit Sidhu.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? During the Q&A part on humble planning, Maarten answered the following questions, among others: What about other common iterative change management strategies? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? Books can also be extended opinion pieces, where no actual data is presented.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 26, 2022

John Kotter’s 8 step Change Management Model is a strong framework that has been used to implement change in many organizations. This post examines the model, its advantages and disadvantages, and its value to strategists and project managers. What Is the John Kotter Change Management Model?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. The extension of self-care is caring for others, also crucial for project management and change management. It’s how we can help people and organisations adapt in fast-changing times.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MAY 12, 2022

More recently, Nudge Theory has been formalized in modern times by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, scholars at the University of Chicago, in their book, “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness” (2008). People benefit because it is fast…but it leaves them highly susceptible to outside influence.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 14, 2018

In doing so, I am of course taking as read that a brilliant project leader will have solid project management expertise and be able to plan and deliver their projects with confidence and assurance. Dr. Mike Clayton is an author and speaker specialising in project and change management, leadership, influence, and risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The relationships part of this principle’s title is all about the project ecosystem and how soft power and networks influence the way work gets done. Manage by exception I love this principle. Often issues lead to changes anyway and there is a similar process of analyzing and decision-making that we follow for both.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. The Project Management Institute also sets the standard for ethics in the field. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. Quick Facts About PMI.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

That’s how to become a project manager in a nutshell, but in this article I’ll explain three routes to entering the profession and share the stories from 5 people who chose project management as their career. Below, I share 5 stories from my book, Project Manager. I’ve recently done a change management course as well.

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Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

Context : it’s important to understand what triggered me to move away from agile, and into org change. It’s also important to understand what influenced thinking about org change differently. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management. Next, Some Stats.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

This title probably attracted two types of people – people who are wondering what the role of the ancient practice of martial arts has in organizational change management. Dojos are successful because they create localized clearings and conditions that limit the broader organization’s influence and focus on maximizing learning.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 13, 2016

Sarah is coauthor of Project Leadership *, a book about…leading projects! Now in its third edition, it’s a practical book covering engagement, communication, vision and strategy. Sarah has a huge pedigree leading change projects. I caught up with her to find out how leadership has changed project management forever.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Influence – We considered Moz’s Domain Authority (DA) to predict how a website can rank on Google’s SERP. What to expect: Elizabeth Harrin regularly updates her blog with practical tips, information for women in project management, and honest suggestions on PM best practices and tools. Free Project Management Templates.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

I eventually left the museum field after discovering that project management was my favorite part of the job. Transitioning to traditional project management was a steep learning curve, especially in stakeholder management and resource influencing, prompting me to pursue PMP certification and roles with formal practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 13, 2016

Making sure that my payment gateways for people who buy my books and courses no longer have to pay EU VAT. If the UK stays, then some of the uncertainty goes away, but the political damage may have already been done: what influence on the international stage will the UK have lost with this referendum? Watch this space….

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In his groundbreaking book Emotional Intelligence from 1995, Daniel Goleman explains that emotional intelligence is about twice as important as cognitive ability for positions at every level. Or perhaps they were overloaded with conflicting priorities and influenced by another manager to complete their work first? .

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Walter Stinnett’s Project Managers are Change Managers webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Project Managers are Change Managers. We’re going to be talking about change management. Welcome everyone.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

He shares some amazing tips for change management towards the end of the video. Skip forward to about minute 12 to hear Jon share some fantastic advice on projects with a large change management element. You must see a lot of project managers in a lot of different roles. Do you think the role is evolving as well?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

With a practical framework for guidance, such as this book, and a supporting experience coach then the organisation benefits that have led to the PMO investment will be secured in an optimum time frame and with reduced risk of failure. The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 9, 2020

In particular, the constantly shifting world of work requires more adaptive leadership skills, so that projects can be successfully managed, even in the most unpredictable environments. This could mean that requirements change mid-project, or that new data emerges, which challenges key assumptions.

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Agile Coach

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

That is, they’re forced to adhere to, or enforce, outdated performance management methods, they need to push change in order to meet objectives, and they suffer from being stuck near the bottom of the hierarchy where influencing leaders across the organization is left to whatever their VP is doing with their peers.

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

While explaining project management through cartoon animals is fun, I wanted to post some meatier content here. The material comes from my Beyond Agile book and explains why a firm basis of EI is critical to becoming an effective Scrum Master, team lead, or project manager.   Tackling the “Emotional” Elephant.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 12, 2021

Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, with regard to effective Agile Transformation. And after that vital need is met, you can then focus on influencing and problem solving.” . And, from that human connection that is made, comes trust and influence. Toward Influencing Change.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2017

That’s where the bigger set of skills around change management and emotional intelligence that take a lifetime to learn come into play. It is almost always people focused, and why the skills of empathy and influence are critical. Each are very simple concepts that only take 5 to 10 minutes to explain.

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