By Elisabeth Goodman, 26th February 2015 Roles of those associated with change programmes I’ve just come back from delivering a seminar for the Midlands branch of the APM, with my colleague (and Chair) on the APM Enabling Change SIG, Martin Taylor. The event, “How to keep programmes on track and teams inspired during periods of change”, attracted …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. The most popular topics were ones carried over from previous years: managing change, communities of practice and coaching for project management. Many thanks to my readers and to my guest bloggers too! Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera …
By Luis Fernandez, with an introduction by Elisabeth Goodman 21st November, 2014 Introduction I asked Luis to write this blog as he has a very people centric approach to project management, and I thought he might have a valuable perspective on how to bring that to bear when collaborating with people outside the project team. …
Reflections prompted by discussions at APM Presents: Project Management in Practice, October 16th, 2014 By Elisabeth Goodman, 25th October 2014 The same issues arise for managing change, whatever the size of the organisation. There are also some common factors for managing successful change, whether the change involved is IT, organisational or process-based. I recently co-led a …
Empathy can make a difference in every situation that we find ourselves in as leaders or managers I recently read Geoff Crane‘s chapter 55 ‘Empathy in Project Management’ in the ‘Gower Handbook of People in Project Management‘. It’s a very large book, with a wealth of fascinating information, so I’m dipping into it a chapter …
Notes from an APM Midlands Branch seminar by Elisabeth Goodman About 40 people attended this evening seminar in Coventry on 30th January 2014. The intent was to share a case study based approach of some of my experiences of leading and facilitating operational organisational change projects, and of using Lean and Six Sigma to support …
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Change Management, Lean and Six Sigma, and Knowledge Management continue to be the most popular topics for my readers, with a little Project Management thrown in. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog …
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APM East of England event, MedImmune, Cambridge, 12th November 2013 Issues facing ‘far flung’ teams Melanie Boyle, our host at MedImmune, welcomed us to the meeting and to a topic, which was very relevant to the geographically dispersed teams that she works with. ‘Far flung’ teams have a magnified version of the challenges faced by …
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By Véronique Mermaz Editor’s note: I met Véronique through Twitter and LinkedIn and have since had several face-to-face conversations with her. As she says in her footnote, she is a native French speaker living in East Anglia, specialising in French marketing support. I was struck when I met her by the richness of her experience …
Creative project management: soft skills required! Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman It’s been an honour, whilst also slightly intimidating, to have a chapter included in this latest project management publication edited by Dennis Lock and Lindsay Scott: the Gower Handbook of People in Project Management1. Project teams may want to get to “high performance” more rapidly than operational teams As I say in the …
