Being a project manager comes with it’s daily challenges, but as projects are initiated and team members are identified, I find one of the most difficult issues to tackle is people management; specifically, managing differing personalities. When dealing with many stakeholders I find it critical to quickly hone in on a personality type and adapt …
In the world of Project Management, the Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from the Project Management Institute (PMI) has almost become a prerequisite to growing in the field. More companies are requiring it, more people are asking for it and it’s growth has been explosive. I get a lot of questions on what it took …
I was speaking with a colleague the other day about managing careers in large organizations. He’s a mid-career but has only been in the corporate world for a few years whereas I’ve been a part of it since I graduated college. He could not understand why he wasn’t growing and why he would get trampled in …
Now I hate to start my blog off on such a negative note, but there’s a reason for this. I currently work in the Oil & Gas industry. If you aren’t aware, we’re going through a major downturn right now due to the excessive supply in the market and diminishing demand. The market does an …
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