Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. Soft skills include a huge range of topics from communication to leadership, stakeholder engagement and teamwork. If you feel the same, what should you be focusing on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

There has been a notable shift in recent years to talking about project leadership, as distinct from project management. Management, as the saying goes, is about doing things right, and leadership is about doing the right things. In reality, both leadership and management are often done by the same person – the project manager.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2025

After years of learning to surf, I've discovered powerful leadership lessons that apply far beyond the ocean. I taught a PSPO training , and a year later, the same group wanted to take the advanced course. The breadth of knowledge needed for leadership today might seem overwhelming.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 26, 2022

Leadership skills are also crucial for project management – but so often overlooked or taken for granted. Leadership skills and management skills are different things and, especially within the project management industry, it’s important to be aware of the differences. Leadership without Project Management.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 10, 2024

Of course, a change champion isn’t the whole picture in a change management process, but they’re vital for change. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts can chart and share the course of change in an organization. Leadership Communication Interpersonal Project management Stakeholder management What Is a Change Champion Network?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 7, 2025

2024 ended with my vision becoming reality: A small group of leaders gathered in Costa Rica to experience a unique approach to leadership development - learning to ride the waves instead of trying to control the ocean - at the Agile Leadership Surf Camp. 1 - Leadership requires grace. 2 - Find the comfort in the discomfort.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 10, 2024

Or have you watched as a chair struggled to assert leadership and direct the conversation? I expect most of the people who will be on the course with you will be early or mid-career professionals working in project delivery/project management roles. How many meetings have you sat in, wondering why you are even there?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

You're managing a piece of work, so step up and do it otherwise you are not showing demonstrable leadership. Decisions make that happen, and show that you are acting in a leadership role. I've taken training courses, read books and generally looked out for my own professional development. You are not being accountable.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This path enhances the efficacy of the Scrum framework and cultivates essential leadership qualities, making it a critical step for anyone aspiring to lead successfully in today's dynamic environments. Resilience: The journey of leadership involves dealing with setbacks and failures.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2025

They provide strategic leadership and governance and ensure the project is appropriately resourced, managed and delivering value to the organization. Related PRINCE2 Content Of course, theres more to PRINCE2 than just understanding what a project board is. Here are its core responsibilities.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2024

Lack of Trust If there’s a lack of trust in the leadership or the organization, there’s resistance to change because people don’t believe that the powers are acting in their best interest. Trust, of course, must be built slowly over time. There are many causes for resistance to change, the following are some of the main ones.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Its a leadership job As a portfolio manager you might head up a division with a significant amount of project management work, or you could be a Project Management Office manager or a project sponsor.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I am sure many of you are saying, ‘Isn’t that what leadership has been doing?’ Of course, any organization will apply constraints such as consistent funding and governance processes, tools, or templates. Of course, there are many nuances around title, authority, and position.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When organizations try to apply leadership concepts that were developed for simple, predictable environments to an Agile environment, it creates a lot of waste - not to mention frustration, lost opportunity, and a failed Agile adoption. To learn more about Scrum, signup for Rebel Scrum's upcoming Applying Professional Scrum course.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2024

The digital revolution, a globalized economy, and a shifting social paradigm demand a leadership approach that is both innovative and grounded in reality. This is where Evidence-Based Leadership (EBL) comes into play. Why Do We Need Evidence-Based Leadership?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Leadership Alignment Many organizations underestimate the importance of executive and middle management support for Agile teams. For more on this topic, join our Evidence-based Management course.) Scrum is - of course - the most popular Agile framework, but teams should be empowered to consider other frameworks. Dare I say it?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 4, 2025

You can go on a training course to learn your project management software, or the best ways to create a project schedule or do cost control. Of course, theres a balance between being over confident and arrogant and hitting the right notes for confidence at work. However, there are some things that you can do.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Give a presentation at work If you take a training course or attend a webinar, offer to give a 15-minute summary version to your team at the next team meeting. Claim pre-course work and homework If you are doing an online or in-person training course, you’ll probably be sent some pre-course work or assignments to do outside of class time.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the heart of Poland, where history intertwines with modernity, I've often reflected on the distinctions between traditional management and agile leadership. In such landscapes, you require guidance, oversight, and someone seasoned to steer the course. Enter agile leadership. Enjoy this video? Yet, our world is in flux.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 10, 2022

Power Skills used to be known as Leadership Skills in the Talent Triangle but it was re-badged in 2022 to make it more relevant to the profession. Power Skills is also broader and in many ways more vague than ‘leadership’ but I would argue that’s a good thing for professional development and also for PDUs!

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For organizations with deeply rooted traditional financial processes, dynamic budgeting could lead to financial instability, misalignment with fiscal reporting periods, or difficulties justifying changing budgets to leadership and stakeholders. Yet, this reluctance overlooks the inherent benefits of dynamic budgeting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

The Plus membership opens the doors to all of those online courses – there are thousands of courses. What’s included in Coursera Plus It gives you access to 7,000+ courses and specializations (which are a collection of courses that lead to a certificate) with one monthly or annual subscription. Agile methods?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

I have pre-registered to take the course, so I’ll update this article later with my experiences. I’ve done a lot of project management training in my 20+ years as a project manager, and those courses helped me understand the skills, tools and techniques required to succeed leading projects.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The goals and objectives of the event are to enhance the managers understanding of customer service fundamentals and develop communication, conflict resolution and leadership skills while providing actionable tools for team management and productivity improvement. They streamline payroll, of course, but also provide a window into labor costs.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

While both are leadership roles and the titles are similar, there’s a difference between a product manager and a project manager as Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains. Of course, these roles can also vary greatly depending on the types of products or projects being executed in the organization. Leadership and communication skills.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Which PRINCE2 course is best? I have reviewed a lot of PRINCE2 courses, and the training from Management Plaza is the best. All the courses and certificates are suitable for any industry sector. If going through a course helps improve your project management practices, then it’s worth doing. Who is PRINCE2 best for?

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By Amy Gershen Vice President, Global Learning Solutions International Institute for Learning (IIL) IIL’s Global Learning Solutions (GLS) Team has responsibility for the design and development of all course content delivered to our learners as well as oversight of all content delivered by our strategic partners.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Look for: Training sessions or courses (internal or external) Organization meetings like attending PMI Chapter events Seminars Webinars Conferences (virtual or in-person). People sometimes struggle to earn the required Leadership PDUs, and The PDU Podcast can help with that too. Take an online course.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This article explores the art of Agile leadership, delving into the challenges of finding the right equilibrium between allowing teams to self-organize and providing enough guidance and structure for seamless Agile execution. Conclusion Finding the right balance between flexibility and structure is at the core of Agile leadership.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Agility requires strong leadership with a clear goal - everything else is philosophy. I have interviewed our own project management specialists, Dr. Andreas Tremel and Dr. Tiziano Panico to get them to share their wisdom on what matters in project management in 2025.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2022

Of course, the four functions of management are theoretical. Of course, tactical planning is more than just getting from one place to another. Leadership is a critical role for anyone in management, which is why it’s one of the four functions of management. Leadership skills include conflict resolution.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For project professionals, this means two things: AI is an extraordinary tool to automate administrative tasks to free up time for high-value activities, but it can even help enhance your interpersonal skills like collaboration and leadership – we call these “ power skills.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 15, 2021

To be honest, I didn’t think about buying any other books at the time, as those were enough alongside the course material from my training provider. If you have good course material from your training provider, you wouldn’t need this. Next, think about what other materials you are going to get as part of your training course.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And of course, AI has found its way deeply into this software as well as in people/performance management software. 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].

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. Being a project manager is a trade, after all, and there are many trade schools and universities that offer a course of study resulting in a degree. Leadership skills.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

There’s a lot to learn with any new job and, of course, you want to start off on the right foot. A project manager must be able to effectively communicate any issues to stakeholders and leadership teams, so it’s critical to understand the details provided by the team. Would the team respect me even though I am new to the profession?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

Most organisations don’t really provide the necessary ammo apart from a few onboarding formalities and cursory ‘knowledge transfers’ More often than not, hardworking and talented people with stellar individual contributions are given leadership roles. Modern organisations and the leadership gap.

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