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Project Management Competencies and Age
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet In this month’s project management newsletter from Arras People we are delving deeper into the results from the annual Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR). Specifically we’re looking at the... -
Book review: Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Broken down into seven chapters tackling areas such as communication, conflict and negotiation; Verma talks briefly about methods and topics for consideration although nothing groundbreaking and often quite light... -
Lessons in communication – a job seeker’s special
Posted on August 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Having spoken to a number of frustrated jobseekers recently it has become clear that as candidates, they are being left in the dark in the recruitment process. Recently, a... -
Rapport in Project Management – NLP Insights
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last month at the Rethinking Leadership conference (see the previous post on the Project Management Decade) Peter Parkes from NLP4PM talked specifically about NLP and Project Leadership. You might... -
Cultivating Communications for International Project Teams
Posted on May 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In mid-2010, we wrote an article about project communications which focused on the challenges and techniques of communicating in a virtual team. We gave some examples of when to... -
Guest Blogger – Project Failure is Also Due to Poor Communication
Posted on November 5, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Earlier this year Arras People launched their Project Management Benchmark Report and an article followed from Kareem Shaker* on project failure. Looking at the reasons for project failure suggested... -
Book Review: The Project Management Communications Toolkit
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Both How to Manage a Camel and Project Management Tipoffs will regularly feature Book Reviews pertaining to project & programme management issues, many written by our stable... -
Is English Football a Project or a Programme to Capello?
Posted on June 23, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Footballers for the English team may hold the same sway over the success of a World Cup campaign as a project team holds over the success of a project.... -
Convincing The Recruiter: Looking Professional in Your Job Search
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In the May issue of Project Management Tipoffs, we introduced our Tipoffs audience to how a candidate can look like a professional project manager in their job search. The... -
From ESI: Live Webinar – High Impact Communication – Discovering the Value of Persuasive Communications
Posted on April 28, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The announcement of an upcoming one-hour event, courtesy of ESI International: This webinar examines the growing importance of communication within the professional arena. No longer content with taking a... -
Social media in a project environment – the results
Posted on March 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet When I started researching my new book on social media in a project environment, I had a couple of project managers contact me and say that they couldn’t see... -
Tipoffs Preview: “How a Dead Language Hurts Your CV”
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Next Thursday we release the March edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the free newsletter from Arras People. This month’s issue focuses on Career Development. To sign up, go to... -
Tuesday with Morning Links: February Edition
Posted on February 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was... -
Twittering about Projects Part II
Posted on January 14, 2010 | 5 CommentsTweet The January 2010 edition of Project Magazine featured a small blurb in the News section about the recent popularity of Twitter under the headline ‘Twitter bug’. Inviting project managers... -
Monday Morning Links – 11th January
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsTweet A Programme Manager got challenged by a subordinate this week and was subsequently suspended from an ongoing project. That was my immediate reaction to David Stern’s decision to suspend... -
Social Media Survey Needs Your Input
Posted on January 8, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Cheers to colleague Lindsay Scott for pointing this out to me earlier… Surveys have graced the posts here at the Camel for many weeks now, as we are all too... -
Tuesdays with Morning Links
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet So the noughts, aughts, double-0′s, infinity-turned-its-side decade is left to the historians and now. Just figuring out what to call this decade past has been a trip. With that... -
What makes a Good Project Manager?
Posted on December 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet What are your Top 3 Competencies that make you effective in your role as a Project Professional? Is it planning and organisation skills or is it understanding the organisation... -
Guest Blogger Previews Predictions for 2010
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsTweet I arranged to meet a friend in a local coffee shop. He was late and sent a text message saying he was held up in traffic. While waiting, I... -
Monday Morning Links – 7th December
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back again, refreshed from a week off with the family. Naturally, I started thinking about projects. On my week off. But I digress. Something summed it all up the... -
What IS Your Risk Management Philosophy?
Posted on November 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If the content in the headline doesn’t stop you in your tracks, it will definitely do so when inserted into the content of a job interview question instead. When... -
The Lowdown on Job Assessment Centres
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve watched ‘The Apprentice’ or entertainment-oriented shows featuring judging panels, you might think you have a passing idea of what an assessment centre is all about. Really, you... -
Guest Post – Follow Through
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet One of the greatest frustrations that any manager can experience is that of giving an instruction, only to have it not properly or completely carried out. There is a... -
Wanted: Knowledgeable Project Management Writers
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsTweet We have had numerous responses within the last week concerned with our blog post requesting Guest Bloggers for How to Manage a Camel. You may have also noticed the immediate... -
Some Job Searching Hints Beyond Your CV
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet At Arras People we have been running our JobSearch Support Service for Newly Unemployed Professionals in conjunction with the DWP since the beginning of April. We provide a tailored... -
Communicate, communicate, communicate
Posted on August 7, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet NOTE: This article is reprinted from the July 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs. Subscribe to PM Tipoffs today by clicking here. Does your project have a communications plan? It’s... -
Book Review: Project Governance
Posted on August 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project Governance by Ralf Muller (available through Gower Publishing) A night to read and some real practical solutions to implementing governance in your organisation – either at portfolio, programme... -
Guest Blogger – Nothing Stays the Same: Leadership Techniques to Empower People During Change Initiatives
Posted on July 30, 2009 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is reprinted with permission from Material Handling Wholesaler, 30th April 2009. Every organization is affected by change, especially during times of economic volatility. However, project... -
Brighton of the North – APM Meeting
Posted on June 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet On Wednesday night I attended the APM North West branch meeting which was being held in Morecambe (seaside town, famous for its cockle pickers and comedy connections), specifically at... -
The APM take on the Stakeholder
Posted on May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Last Thursday saw the APM’s latest event for the North West branch take place at the University of Chester. The focus for the seminar was Communicating with Stakeholders and...
