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Being a Project Management Mentor

Nov 20, 2020

In one of my first stints as a project manager, I had someone that had been installed to mentor me. While I knew I had a lot to learn, he seemed to only find situations to criticize. I found this person to be inflexible and focused on the negative. I vowed that if I...

Are Certifications Worth It?

Nov 6, 2020

In the current competitive job market, job candidates are working hard to develop ways to make them stand out among competing candidates. One way to do that is through certifications. The first one that comes to mind for Project management is the Project Management...

Is There a Future for Project Management?

Oct 23, 2020

The formal practice of Project Management has been around since the 1950s when Henry Gantt developed his famous chart. The Project Management Institute was founded in 1969. PMI developed many formal practices and definitions for Project Management. They began...

Stop Controlling, Start Influencing

Oct 9, 2020

I once worked for a very controlling manager. His primary focus was always to control every moment of the day. He was the CEO and he never missed an opportunity to remind people of his title. If anyone pushed back in the slightest way to one of his decisions, he...