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Give Me a Few Minutes and I’ll Make You a Better Project Manager

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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The Balcony and the Dance Floor

When I search for project management training on Google I find lots of courses on the topic. The vast majority refer to PRINCE2 and PMP courses. A few even mention agile project management.

What’s more, most emphasise project management accreditation and project management tasks: project planning, risk management, reporting progress, controlling change, managing and escalating issues and suchlike.

While I’d argue that these skills are important, I’d also say that they don’t guarantee success.

Why?
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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Do Tagged With: Definition of Project Management, Difference Between Management and Leadership, Leadership, Management, Management and Leadership, Project Failure, Project Leader, Project Management, Project Manager, Project Performance, Ronald Heifetz, The Balcony and the Dance Floor

Why It's Okay to Lie About Project Failure

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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What Is Project Success?

What is project success? In this post Martin Webster argues that it is often much more than simply managing project benefit viability.

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Filed Under: How to Lead Others Tagged With: Accept Failure, Communication, Managing Performance, Motivation, Project Benefit Viability, Project Delivery, Project Failure, Project Management, Project Management Best Practices, Project Manager, Project Success

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