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Use Competency Assessments to Close Project Management Skill Gaps - Click To Read Article
Using Competency Assessments to select your project team will improve project success by matching the right people to each project and identifying the project management skill gaps that need to be closed.

Increase Productivity Through Business Process Management - Click To Read Article
Business Process Management (BPM) consists of powerful tools to generate dramatic work process improvement. It helps organizations cope with the detrimental after-effects of staff cuts during the recession.

Accelerate the Innovation Engine in Your Organization but Watch for the Potholes - Click To Read Article
Building a culture of innovation is the first step in being innovative. If you get the environment right, a culture of innovation will easily fall into place.

5 Steps to Ensure Consistency in the Management of Projects - Click To Read Article
Getting consistent results with project delivery requires the consistent use of project management methods and tools by every project team in the organization. Establishing consistency requires proper planning and effort by senior management and/or PMOs.

Three Things We Can Learn about Leadership from “The Queen” - Click To Read Article
There are times when, despite our best intentions, nothing can prepare us for what is about to occur. The recent movie, “The Queen,” portrays a wonderful example of how leadership styles can affect people’s reactions.

Effecting Successful Change Management Initiatives - Click To Read Article
In too many situations the carnage of change has resulted in a significant amount of waste and anguish in organizations. Useful change tends to be associated with a multi-step process that creates power and motivation that is sufficient to overwhelm all the sources of apathy.

Business Management: The Advantages of a Strategic Enterprise Office - Click To Read Article
Having a Strategic Enterprise Office (SEO) that services the entire organization, with a consistent message and methodologies is shown to be more successful than creating a number of Project Management Offices (PMOs) across the organization.

Business Management: How Clear Is Your Vision? - Click To Read Article
Vision, mission and values are supposed to be the beacon by which organizations set their strategic direction but how often do they align with everyday priority setting? Does your team share the same definitions for your organization’s vision? If you operate at a departmental level, does your departmental team share your department’s vision? If the answer is, no, then it’s not going to be easy to achieve the results you expect. Here are some helpful suggestions.

The Innovation Process - From Vision to Reality - Click To Read Article
Innovation is a collaborative process through which organizations abandon old paradigms and make significant advances. Innovative ideas come from several sources, including: unreasonable demands, goals and time pressures. An organization must cultivate innovation and link it to their business improvement strategies to realize benefit from innovation.

The Power of Listening - Click To Read Article
Listening, really listening, is a truly demanding and complex activity, which offers the listener an opportunity for growth. When we truly listen to someone, when we hear not only the words, but also their importance to the speaker on an emotional level, we are transformed. By reflecting on another’s words, we come face-to-face with whom we are, and the assumptions and judgments we bring with us.





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