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What You Need to Know About the New PMP Exam
Project management is as old as business, but its recognition as a discrete profession roughly coincides with the founding of PMI in 1969. PMI has spent half a century helping the business world define project management.
August 29, 2019Project Management
5 Reasons to Become a Project Manager
Your first informal role as a project manager can often happen organically on the job, when your boss notices your technical and organizational skills and asks you to run a project. Maybe you鈥檝e been successful coordinating a one-off assignment to manage a product launch or a sales conference.
August 27, 2019Project Management
Keeping Good Employees Takes Thought and Effort
Think of the excitement you felt when you made that perfect hire. There was the outstanding r茅sum茅, the impressive interview. You felt, almost immediately, that this individual is a perfect fit for the position, and you were right.
August 23, 2019Director's Corner, Human Resources, Leadership and Management
The Best Negotiators Don't Trade Integrity for a Good Deal
It really doesn鈥檛 matter who you are or what you do for a living, there will be times that call for negotiation. Embrace the challenge and try for a win, but never forget that the best negotiators don鈥檛 trade integrity for a good deal.
August 16, 2019Director's Corner, Leadership and Management, Professional Development
Job Security in an Automated Age
We all want a fulfilling career, but we also want security, so positioning yourself to fulfill both of those needs is a must. Seismic shifts have occurred in workforce dynamics as automation advances at an exponential rate.
August 9, 2019Leadership and Management, Professional Development
Building the Perfect Team
Let鈥檚 now envision a situation where you鈥檙e assembling a staff from scratch. You 鈥渉old all the cards鈥� and can recruit employees who will best fulfill your workplace objectives. How do you go about building the perfect team?
August 2, 2019Director's Corner, Human Resources, Leadership and Management
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
I鈥檓 not the world鈥檚 most avid card player, but I enjoy a few games every now and then. Because of the limitless variability, card games give my noggin a good workout, and I like that. Though luck plays a role, winning consistently requires an aptitude for assessing randomly distributed sets of cards and strategizing accordingly.
July 26, 2019Director's Corner, Leadership and Management
Trust Is the Foundation of Leadership
The late motivational speaker Stephen Covey once said, 鈥淲hen the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.鈥� For those of us in positions of leadership, gaining the trust of our people is a fundamental component of a healthy workplace environment.
July 19, 2019Director's Corner, Leadership and Management, Professional Development
Knowing Your People Enables Leadership
Shortly after his New York Giants defeated the heavily favored Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV, NFL coaching legend Bill Parcells was asked, 鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Indeed, not many people had given the Giants a chance. 鈥淚 have to be a master motivator,鈥� he responded. 鈥淚 treat everyone fairly; I don鈥檛 treat them the same.鈥�
July 12, 2019Director's Corner, Leadership and Management
Self-Awareness Drives Good Leadership
I like to think self-awareness means honest, frequent assessment of the traits that define our character. I do know that more than 250 years after Franklin weighed in on knowing one鈥檚 self, it remains true that self-awareness is essential to good leadership.
July 5, 2019Director's Corner, Leadership and Management