Communication

team and stakeholders discussion

The Role of Clear Communication in Stakeholder Management

Insights

Effective communication is the lifeblood of successful stakeholder management. When stakeholders—from team members to clients—are aligned with the project’s goals, challenges can be mitigated, and opportunities maximised. Many professionals find it difficult to convey their messages succinctly, leading to misunderstandings and conflicts. By focusing on clear communication, individuals can enhance their relationships with stakeholders and […]

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stop office politics killing your IT projects

7 Silver bullets to stop office politics killing your IT projects

Insights, Leadership

Office politics! Working in IT Project Management, given the profession’s prominent role in the facilitation of business strategy and driving business change, you’d think we’d be above it! Project managers and leaders are among the most intelligent individuals you could hope to work with and yet many IT Projects are still scuppered by workplace politics.

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where do you want to work after here

Why you should ask your talent ‘Where would you want to work after here?’

Careers, Insights, Programme Management

“If you get the gig, where would you want to work after here?” As a recruitment specialist, my ears pricked up. I heard this conversation in a coffee bar this week. Actually, I was already pretty fascinated because the conversation was a job interview between a radio presenter and a radio station boss and it’s

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How To Create Project Management Luck

When IT Project Management processes alone won’t deliver, you need luck – three ways you can create your own luck!

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Have you ever toiled with a cursed IT Project? Imagine your server not arriving because there is a man standing on a gantry on the M1, shutting it for 28 hours. Imagine your kit arrives with American plugs. Imagine your lead architect getting stuck in Iceland because of a volcano erupting. Sometimes I wonder how

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MOTIVATION- WHY PRAISE PAYS

A promotion is nice, a bonus is quickly squandered, in IT Project Management, it’s praise that pays

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When motivating IT Project Management team members, praise, gratitude and recognition for ‘a job well done’ can be as powerful as a raise, a bonus or a promotion. If not more so. Think about it yourself. Your monthly salary is what you’ve earned in return for your services – that’s what’s owed to you! Nice

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There are no free steak knives

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A conversation with a clerk in a HR department looking to ‘buy’ some training for a staff member and the passing of English actor, George Cole in early August started me thinking. The defining role in Cole’s long career was playing ‘Arfur Daley’, the devious ‘spiv’ in the long running TV series Minder.  ‘Arfur’ always

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