Projects: Managing Teams
Explore expert insights, tips, and best practices for managing teams effectively. Enhance team collaboration, boost productivity, and achieve project success with MPUG’s comprehensive resources on team management.
Communication Wake-Up
In my 40 plus years of project management, I have found most new project managers (PMs) lack skills around giving presentations, conducting meetings, and listening. This gap in communication can be pa...
Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Strong Leadership for Project Success
We all want our projects to thrive and succeed. One person’s definition of what helps make a project successful may differ from another’s, but there is no disputing that good project leadership is a c...
Remote Doesn’t Have to Feel So Remote: Seven Questions to Consider
Like any change, remote work has been a challenge for many to integrate. This change to working remotely that many experienced this year as a result of Covid-19 has been even more difficult because th...
How to Navigate Internal Politics as a Project Manager
Office politics. Those two words make some of us want to hide under our desks. Whether we like it or not, every project and organization has its politics. Project politics can be difficult to define, ...
The Close Sibling of Communications and Stakeholder Management: Resource Management
In one of my earlier articles, The Twins–Communications and Stakeholder Management, I outlined how deeply and closely these two knowledge areas of the PMBOK® guide interact with each other. We saw a g...
What to Consider in a Two-Way Interview
A job interview for both an employer and a hiring candidate can be a stressful and time-consuming activity. A recent CareerBuilder survey reported that three out of four employers felt that they had h...
PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections
The black swan* has landed, and is honking up a storm, as I am sure you have all noticed. In my 30+ years of planning, I’ve never seen anything like this; have you? Personally, I never paid enou...
Trust: The Foundation of a Successful Team
For most project managers, daily work includes interactions with other individuals. Your ability to manage these interactions plays an important role in defining your team’s efficiency and effectivene...
How to Identify and Hire a Strong Project Manager
Hiring a new project manager can be stressful and time-consuming. Most employers are looking for the perfect mix of ability and skills, and for someone with a personality that fits with the team’s cul...