ProjectManager.com

JUNE 29, 2017

Is leadership something you’re born with or can it be taught? Even if you are full of charisma and people naturally line up to follow you anywhere, you could always hone your leadership skills. Leadership isn’t rocket science, but like rocket science, it can be taught. Bell Leadership Institute. Chicago Booth.

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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. Positions at this level carry a significant amount of influence over strategic direction and policy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 28, 2018

A Project Steering Group is the oversight committee of a project. All projects should have one, but the make up of the group depends on your project. It’s generally acknowledged that having strong leadership is important for project success, so getting your Project Steering Group set up as soon as you can is a good start.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Recently, I had an eye-opening experience outside of the professional world that showed me just how much individual negativity can damage a group. The idea is simple: one person exhibiting toxic behaviour- whether through laziness, constant complaining, or being disruptive -can drag down the performance of an entire group.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2018

In the 1970s, the social psychologist Irving Janis examined how groups make decisions. He found that a group’s dynamic often inhibits exploration of alternatives. People find disagreement uncomfortable, so the group seeks consensus before it has reached a satisfactory conclusion. Group Think Introduces Risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Where stakeholders feel negatively about projects and changes, engagement helps understand their position and influence their perception. Beyond the interest and influence grid.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

These 18 project management professionals, in particular, have established themselves as thought leaders and influencers. based Spire Healthcare Group, and is the CEO and founder of the Otobos Group, an organization that provides project communications to individuals and businesses across multiple industries. Brett Harned.

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Scrum.org

MAY 3, 2024

Leadership is not always a static trait assigned to a single individual who directs and dictates from a place of established authority. Instead, in modern workplaces' VUCA or BANI arenas, leadership often emerges fluidly, tailored to specific situations and needs. The essence of this leadership style is its flexibility.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. Then discuss the transition from servant leadership to shared leadership.   EQ as a Foundation for Leadership. As we saw in the previous articles about Emotional Intelligence (EQ), leadership is built on top of EQ.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 1, 2019

In my mentoring group we often talk about how projects don’t quite work the way the textbooks make you think they should. What’s the difference between project management and project leadership? A recent APM report, Project Leadership; skills, behaviours, knowledge and values , explored this question. . Carole Osterweil.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership. They include: Communication (written and verbal) Listening Stakeholder engagement Conflict management Negotiation Influencing Leadership Team building Change management. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’. Hard skills. Pin for later reading.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2020

Her leadership and guidance is of paramount importance during planning and execution. Since good decision-making is critical for good leadership and guidance, project managers need to know how heuristics (mental disposition) and biases (personal inclinations) influence a project manager’s decisions.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 25, 2024

List the factors that will influence the next step. That means, defining the primary decision or problem that needs to be solved. This is the trigger for the decision-making process. Next, break down the options for each possible decision. This could include questions like Is the budget available? or Is the product compatible?

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

While you want to be accepted into the team right away, focusing on other strengths such as leadership, organization, problem solving, and stakeholder management will be more beneficial to the team rather than trying to impress them with your less-than-impressive technical jargon. Are project requirements constantly changing?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. A stakeholder with both a high level of influence and interest needs to be managed closely. Try it for yourself today! What Is a Stakeholder Map?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2021

Project Management Rebels is a teaching-led group mentoring programme. Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking. It’s a library of curated resources with something new added each month. Join today !

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’. Ethics, diversity and inclusion and managing workplace stress all fall into this category as well.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

Activity: Divide you group into teams of three and give each group two one-dollar coins. Activity: Dividing group into smaller teams, each of which gets an envelope of cards quartered into triangles. Activity: Dividing group into smaller teams, each of which gets an envelope of cards quartered into triangles. Reorganize.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Throughout the project, leadership is simple: you serve your team. Let’s jump in. But we can do better.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking Stakeholder engagement. Leadership. They can take a diverse group of individuals, form a high performing team, and get them dedicated to achieving a common goal. Networking.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

Being able to influence and get results, even when you aren’t in charge, is so important if you want to collaborate effectively with the team. This would be a good book for people new to the workforce or taking a team leadership job for the very first time. Very useful and highly recommended. 42 Rules of Employee Engagement.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2017

Leadership. We have to start with the big daddy of them all – leadership. It’s a bit of a slippery skill in that some believe you’re born with leadership skills and that they can’t be taught. But we think everyone has the potential to learn how to apply proven leadership skills and techniques.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2025

It outlines the essential conditions needed to effectively guide individuals, groups, or entire systems toward their desired goals (Cady, 2014). With some level of simplification, we can categorise peoples responses to workplace change into three groups. The first group, Fight, consists of individuals who actively oppose the change.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

During the five process groups of the project life cycle, there are multiple objectives and outcomes for each phase. Some might want to save the celebrations until the final delivery, but having milestones , acknowledging them and rewarding the team throughout the execution phase is how you keep morale up, which influences productivity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 7, 2022

“I think leadership comes from integrity – that you do whatever you ask others to do. People are influenced by the people around them. Use change management tactics, like having change champions and buddies, to work with others and influence habits. I think there are nonobvious ways to lead. ” Scott Berkun.

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 22, 2021

Individuals, groups, and organizations have different opinions, sometimes strong opinions. Seek to understand the differences of opinions and makes them transparent, carefully leading individuals and groups to find common ground. Project managers must use their leadership skills to influence the stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2025

They align the initiative with business goals, liaising between leadership and the project team and provide strategic direction. Stakeholders: Stakeholders influence project initiation by providing input on business needs, feasibility and strategic fit. They help define success criteria, validate objectives and assess risks.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2019

Soft skills mean understanding different thinking styles and being able to get a diverse group to work together towards a common goal. It’s a key aspect of the leadership that every project manager must have to inspire their team. Related: Hard Skills vs Soft Skills: Understanding the Benefits of Both.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States. ” In this context, it’s about leadership and knowing what is happening at every level of the organization. Therefore, leadership must set goals for their teams that are not contradictory.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It starts with Local Leadership. All the companies we visited had one important common ingredient: Local leadership. They often called it 'servant leadership': use the brainpower and energy of the people to find solutions for the challenges at hand. They really implementing dual- or multi-leadership in the Tribes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

Organization Could be the PMO or the executive management – the group that the program manager reports into. Leadership Leadership skills are really important because program management roles are typically at a more senior level in the PMO than other roles, so you’re setting the tone for the way work gets done.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Stick with what you can influence: you know broadly what the objectives and goals are. New leadership likes to make a mark on things. The other key stakeholder group to involve in the requirements work is the people who have the requirements: users, customers, and stakeholders. When the project’s stakeholders change.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. During the 1990s, PMI tripled its membership to 90,000 in 120 countries, under the leadership of then president Virgil R. A PMI Ethics Member Advisory Group member can be contacted with questions, concerns or ideas. PMI Founders.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2022

The next grouping of principles came from Agile Principles 4 & 6. As I thought about them and read them over as a group, and idea started to form about who is most likely to help bring about Principles 5 & 8 in most organizations. The category for these 3 emerged as Leadership. .

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

This is where the Scrum Master’s leadership can help. . Professional Scrum revolves around the accountabilities, events, and artifacts of Scrum, and recognizes that its foundation is built on values and principles of people who work together to optimize value, build discipline, and influence culture. This critical work is not easy.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 23, 2025

This article explores the significance of ethics in project management, common ethical challenges, decision-making frameworks, leadership strategies, and advanced considerations such as AI, cultural sensitivity, and data privacy. Personal relationships, financial incentives, and professional loyalties can influence project decisions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Brush up on your virtual leadership skills. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Safeguarding our emotional and mental health and that of our teams has to be up there as a trend for the forward-thinking leadership team. What you can do. Did it ever? What you can do.

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