Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

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. And in no particular order we start with….

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

Jira Anti-Patterns Gathering Qualitative Data on Jira Anti-Patterns I did not run a representative survey to gather qualitative data for this article. Finally, I aggregated the answers to identify the most prevailing Jira anti-patterns among those who participated in the LinkedIn thread or the survey. Or abandon it for a better choice?”

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Dr. Herszon has experience leading teams to improve performance and manage business transformation focused on agility, transparency, teamwork, experimentation, and innovation. She has over 25 years of experience in research, organizational innovation, design, adaptation, and benefit realization.

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Inloox

AUGUST 13, 2018

Innovator: acts as product owner and developer. Innovations in learning will continue to make it possible for the new worker to learn anything, anytime, and anywhere. They also need to have a blend of technical skills, leadership skills, and strategic and business management skills.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

We have a survey item that specifically speaks to this question: how do I measure success as a Scrum Master? Really, it comes back to servant leadership. And of course, it’s something Scrum Masters have a strong desire to understand. So that is what we are going to unravel and create some clarity around in this article.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

However, in our rapidly evolving business landscape, sticking rigidly to traditional Scrum by the book could be a straightjacket stifling innovation, user focus, and adaptability. Innovation : Scrum is designed for incremental improvement but isn’t necessarily geared for groundbreaking innovation.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Research and development, innovation management and new product introduction On the way to becoming an innovative company and what role project management can play in this process What is remarkable about innovations is their multiple ambivalence. 1]] Why are some organizations or companies more innovative than others?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Free: Download the Agile Metrics Survey 2021. Modern leadership is not leading through statements, fiats or dictates – it’s leading through questions, through inviting the conversations we want to cultivate, and creating the conditions for transformation. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

By Jorgelina Bross-Puglisi June 12, 2024 Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming every facet of our lives, and leadership is no exception. As AI systems become adept at data analysis, decision-making, and even some aspects of communication, a crucial question arises: could AI one day replace human leadership altogether?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2019

Now according to the 2018 State of Agile report, the top reason survey respondents gave for undergoing agile transformation was to accelerate a production calendar. It's really about becoming a learning organization.one that's innovative enough to survive. Agile transformation, you would surmise, is a done deal with the higher-ups.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Deepak Bansal August 2, 2023 A survey conducted by the Global Leadership Forecast, one of the most expansive leadership projects in the world, found that strategic thinking is a highly sought-after skill in leaders. What does strategic thinking even mean? Register here.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Verstehen Sie, warum Servant Leadership und Praktiken wie die Gemba Walks entscheidend sind, um komplexe, adaptive Umgebungen zu meistern und tatsächlichen Fortschritt zu erzielen. Bringing Leadership to the Information : Dieser Ansatz ermutigt die Führungskräfte, sich mit den Projekten vertraut zu machen.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Unfortunately, 77% of organizations say that they lack great leadership. So, it only makes sense that to keep your team together and happy (and avoid project failure ), you need to level up your leadership game. That’s where servant leadership comes in. Jump to a section: What is servant leadership? How is it unique?

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Planview

MAY 26, 2021

Planview partnered with Lawless Research to survey nearly 1,000 business and IT professionals about how fast and how well their organizations react to uncertainty and change, with enlightening results. It’s important for the leadership team to see the benefits of the agile practices, especially to manage uncertainty in business.

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Proofhub

JULY 12, 2022

Exit interviews, employee surveys, and feedback sessions can provide insight into what employees like or dislike about working with the organization. Developing Leadership The role of leadership is crucial to ensure teams perform their best. Run an employee survey that asks questions on fairness and equality.

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Project Bliss

AUGUST 5, 2020

Glassdoor’s 2019 survey found that well over half of employees value company culture and mission over salary. Supportive leadership. A leadership team sets the tone for the workplace and helps drive the culture. Innovation. You might think of tech companies when thinking about innovation. Agile and flexible.

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PM Basics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

What are the most relevant challenges of leadership in multinational leadership? Without forgetting the time difference, language barriers, different assumptions based on different cultures, I have experimented that using the right multinational leadership to manage resources is the most challenging one.

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Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

Nearly 70 percent of finance leaders are taking cost containment measures and considering postponing or canceling planned investments, according to PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Surveys (March 30, 2020 and April 13, 2020). EPMOs and Finance, together, can ensure the leadership team is making the best decisions now and for the future.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We’ll come back to that later after surveying the landscape. These roles involve more responsibility and leadership in managing IT systems, projects, and teams. Leadership Development – Seek opportunities to develop leadership skills and gain experience in managing people, projects, and budgets.

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Proofhub

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A March 2021 survey by Indeed.com determined burnout is on the rise, with 52% of workers reporting feeling burned out, up from 43%, pre-pandemic. Just before the pandemic hit, a Gallup study found that 23% of workers surveyed reported feeling burned out at work “very often” or “always.” times more likely to leave their employer.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In the practice of project management, the focus is often placed on leadership to achieve success; however, leadership – no matter the style – is of little to no effect if the project manager has low EI and fosters psychologically unsafe environments. I was browsing a bookstore and happened upon the book written by Timothy R.

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Proofhub

JULY 29, 2021

A Glassdoor’s Mission & Culture Survey in 2019, found that over 77 percent of people across four countries?—?US, 6 NVIDIA Photo by GreatPlacetoWork NVIDIA’s corporate values are innovation, speed and agility, intellectual honesty amongst many others. What’s the one thing you are Photo by RF._.studio That’s right. Company culture.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 19, 2018

The report revealed two distinct performance levels from companies that fell into two groups: the innovators and the laggards. Innovators See Benefits from Adoption of Disruptive Technology. Innovators, which made up the top 12 percent of the survey, were defined as organizations with a mature digital transformation strategy.

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

The bulk of the webinar is based on a recent research paper— Accelerating innovation: some lessons from the pandemic —published by Dr. Robert Cooper in the Journal of Product Innovation Management. Q&A from Accelerating Innovation: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In this complex and dynamic landscape, strong project management is paramount, essential for driving innovation, ensuring efficiency, and meeting sustainability goals. A PwC survey of the energy sector found that effective risk management could improve ROI by up to 30%.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management: A Survey By Dr. Elissa Farrow, Ph.D. & She has over 25 years of experience in research, organizational innovation, design, adaptation, and benefit realization. Dr. Farrow is known for her compassionate leadership and engagement approach.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In the business world innovation is the one thing that never changes. According to the majority of executives surveyed by Mckinsey, organizational silos, unclear strategies, and delayed decision-making processes frequently prolong time to market and compromise product quality. Giving Rise to Innovation. Also the opposite.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

Building High-Performance Teams necessitates that we utilize innovative tools and techniques to engage the audience. In this example, I will look at Grateful Leadership by Judy Umlas. A survey could be created that drives a visual dashboard of all team members participating in a specific initiative.

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Gunther Verheyen

OCTOBER 7, 2024

But it is only a highly creative phase that ignites even more innovation for those willing to head the herd, for those that allow the new, must-have product to drive forward the emergence of fundamentally new infrastructure, businesses and organizations, potentially causing even complete swap-outs of them.

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TrustRadius Project Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Based on a recent TrustRadius survey of over 700 professionals , here is the ultimate list of the 119 most-hated business buzzwords. We did this survey because words matter. Take the survey for yourself here. What do you think are the most annoying business buzzwords? Did you see your (least) favorite term on the list?

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done. Project Leadership makes changes happen. Leadership: guiding and motivating the people around you. People and Project Leadership. Leadership is not easy. Personal Leadership.

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Planview

MARCH 8, 2019

Our penchant for applying technology to every problem often makes innovations and development more complicated. An IDG Research Services survey found that 85 percent of CIOs and IT leaders deviate from their approved annual plans several times a year to meet new internal and external business requests. But that’s almost never the case.

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Digite

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), by the end of 2018, at least 40% of organizations will have a fully staffed Digital Leadership Team versus a Single DX Executive Lead to accelerate enterprise-wide DX initiatives. To trace the origins of this concept that sounds so innovative, we have to go back to the year 1956.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Build a supportive environment where open dialogue with leadership is the name of the game. This can be as simple as anonymous surveys or confidential conversations with HR. This isn’t just about embracing neurodiversity—it’s about cultivating a workplace where innovation and success has no limits.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Regular team pulse checks through anonymous surveys can preemptively identify simmering issues. Check out our certificate program on Systemic People Management (for New Managers) Deepak is presenting at this year’s Leadership & Innovation Online Conference! We specialize in fostering humanistic skills for the digital age.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The State of Project Management 2018 survey by Wellingtone reveals a harsh truth — dissatisfaction with the current level of project management maturity in organizations all over the world is higher than a year ago. What connects HHI, MHI, and SHI is that these companies have established distinctive cultures that focus on value.

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