Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

I talk about how to choose, get started and collaborate with technology in my PMI best-selling book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers. APM focus heavily on stakeholder engagement (and I wrote the book on stakeholders for them ). A shift to leadership Finally, there’s also more emphasis on leadership.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

They might place greater faith in senior leadership’s ability to overcome significant issues with the project. It is relatively easier for leaders to make staff who are co-located with them feel comfortable about speaking up, but it takes greater effort for them to establish and sustain such safety with dispersed team members.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 21, 2020

People sometimes struggle to earn the required Leadership PDUs, and The PDU Podcast can help with that too. There is a Leadership PDU package which just gives you the requirements for that part of the PMI Talent Triangle. The whole ‘cram as many PDUs as I can in the shortest possible time’ approach isn’t sustainable long term!

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

Even after all that time, women in project management are still a hidden key to our global and economic sustainability. It’s a process, a mindset and a shift to keep our global economy sustainable, innovative and engaged. For the last four years, I’ve published my annual women in project management blog for ProjectManager.com.

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

They drive meaningful change through their books, talks, social platforms, and real-world implementations. Author of influential books like Succeeding with Agile and User Stories Applied, Mike is a sought-after speaker and trainer, with over 7,000 licenses sold for his video courses on Agile topics.

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Scrum.org

JULY 8, 2019

TL; DR: Agile Leadership. I recently started aggregating my notes, links, and references related to agile leadership to understand better what it — in the context of an agile transition — may look like. Let’s examine some favorite ideas and concepts around agile leadership. Servant Leadership. “A Intent-based Leadership.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Here is where Project Leadership comes into play. It is rightly maintained that successful project managers are managers who practice both strong management skills and effective leadership skills [9]. Leadership skills can be learned and leadership qualities can be developed [9], through experience and practice.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership? Elizabeth is also a prolific author, having published seven books on project and change management. In addition to coaching and training, Susanne is a sought-after speaker, sharing her insights into project leadership and stress management.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

From the top down, the entire organization must be committed to sustaining quality improvements for them to be achieved. Leadership is critical. Control: In order to make sure that these improvements are sustainable, monitor them by creating a control plan. What Are the Features of Six Sigma? Lean Six Sigma.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

People sometimes struggle to earn the required Power Skills PDUs (formerly Leadership PDUs), and The PDU Podcast can help with that too. Get instant access to 10 high quality webinars on leadership and specialist topics to help you earn the difficult 'Power Skills' PDUs. Digital media gives us so many options!

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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 ). And we want to make those habits sustainable. Lead by example.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

But is there a unifying theory of improvement, and if so, can it be sustained? The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. The question is how can one improve? Have you heard of kaizen?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2018

Likely with good intention, since it is culture that enables groups of talented but different people to come together in a way that allows a project to be completed, a team to grow and success to be sustained. This is a call for leadership to focus on what you want to have occur, not on just what works presently. So will innovation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Desert island: Each participant has to state one book, one music track and one luxury item they will take on a desert island, giving explanations on why for each chosen item. Quotes: This is a fast icebreaker activity. Individuals pick a quote and then explain what each quote means to them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Read next: my book Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power. Engagement serves two aims: It creates, uses and sustains positive interest in the work. It elevates our own behavior so that we demonstrate leadership, motivation, coaching, influencing, teaching. Helping people take part in the project.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ? Management, knowingly or unknowingly, fosters an environment where velocity becomes the altar at which everyone worships, sacrificing the tenets of meaningful work, sustainable pace, and, most importantly, customer value.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 16, 2021

After reading an HBR article this week in which the authors provided a number of suggestions on how to sustain newly adopted behaviors in the context of the imminent return to in-person office work, I thought that a nudge-based approach might also help with increasing psychological safety.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. With over 15 years of knitting experience, she also dyes yarn sustainably and is a novice weaver. But portfolio management wasn’t always her field.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Helena Lui.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This means that project managers will also stay relevant in the age of AI if they focus on the core skills of project management, namely: Leadership, Communication (verbal & non-verbal), Empathy, Emotional intelligence, and Negotiation [6]. However, it is important to remember that there is something AI cannot do – be human.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Requirements also help you cover off other success criteria like quality expectations, sustainability requirements, and more. New leadership likes to make a mark on things. Read next: How to manage constantly changing priorities (that’s a chapter I wrote for a book, Project Pain Reliever ). People change their mind.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Learn from Johann Rothman how to adapt your leadership style for agile success as a manager in an agile organization in this 54-minute long video from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021. ?? Establish the 7 principles that create leadership (as opposed to management). Read Johanna Rothman’s Book. Focus on three myths and offer options.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 19, 2020

Edmondson, who has literally written the book on psychological safety ( The Fearless Organization ), wrote about the culture at Boeing which enabled the 737 Max issues to fester for a long time before they tragically became mainstream news. ” This aligns well with two of the leadership actions which Amy recommends in her article.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

A good project management book. the truth is that project management books are a more in-depth way to get inside the minds of the best managers out there. We combed through best-seller lists, spoke with veteran PMs, and read a ton to put together this list of the best project management books for upgrading your career in 2020.

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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. Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. 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.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. Dr. Farrow is known for her compassionate leadership and engagement approach. Dr. Elissa Farrow, Ph.D.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

There is a new performance target of sustainability in the 2023 7th edition, which requires having a sustainability management approach in place for the project. It’s the practice that enables the project leadership, effective communication, and team empowerment. It also links back to performance targets.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. Dr Farrow is known for her compassionate leadership and engagement approach.

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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). And we want to make those habits sustainable. Lead by example.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2024

This subtle change signals a seismic shift in mindset: from temporary initiatives to sustainable, evolving solutions. Or take Amazon, which went from selling books to becoming a behemoth in e-commerce and cloud services, driven by a relentless focus on customer-centric products, not finite projects. Why Promote a Product Culture?

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Traditional & Innovation Project Management As described by Dr. Harold Kerzner in his book “Innovation Project Management” [2], Innovation is often unstructured and focused on free thinking, creativity, brainstorming, and alternative analyses. Luigi Morsa (Ph.D.)

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

Difficulty in sustaining the Time-Box. The Scrum Master is always the one to keep a keen watch on sustaining the timeboxed activities. Recommended Antidote : Always sustain clarity on each event’s agenda, explain the importance of timeboxing to everyone on the team. So without wasting any more time, let’s dive into the topic.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2020

You need both book smarts and practical experience to be able to coach well. There are also approaches like the Situation, Behaviour Impact tool developed by the Centre for Creative Leadership ( [link] ). Master Organisational and Leadership Change. Get Thorough Agile Knowledge – Theories and Practice. Get Theories.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 2, 2021

Encourage your team members to work a sustainable pace and to come to you if they are not confident in pushing back when someone asks them to take on more work than they feel comfortable juggling. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 25, 2019

No doubt the role of policing projects is one part of the PMOs responsibility but not the only part, such an approach may work for a short period of time but it is not sustainable. For example, if your PMO is created solely with the purpose of being the ‘project police’ then you will be in for a very short run.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In my book ‘Agile Leadership Toolkit’ I dedicate a whole part to this important topic. It must of course also be rewarded and sustained. For more on this ownership topic and other practical tools, see my book ‘Agile Leadership Toolkit’! You can order the book on Pearson ( [link] ). Why Ownership?

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The IIL Blog

JULY 10, 2024

By Sophie Hussey July 10, 2024 You can be a leader without being a manager, as leadership and management are distinct roles. Take the time to grow and learn There are a million and one books out there with advice, research and tips on leadership and what it takes to be a leader. Understand the areas you need to develop.

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