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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... -
Seven Facets of Great Project Leaders
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Spencer Holmes of Project Leaders today introduces a new way of addressing project management development. His three key points are as follows: There is a leadership deficit in project... -
Team Sports and Project Management
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsTweet If you spend a reasonable amount of time working on projects, you are likely to hear team members use sports metaphors. This is a positive trait. Sports metaphors can... -
Project Management Leadership Competencies (PMLC)
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsTweet There was a time where hiring companies believed that having someone with a PMP©, Six Sigma Blackbelt/Master Blackbelt, Prince2, etc designation meant that the individual would be a great... -
Book Review: “Leadership Principles for Project Success”
Posted on March 8, 2011 | No CommentsTweet “It’s misleading to define project success in static terms, focusing only on the final delivery,” writes Thomas Juli in his book, Leadership Principles for Project Success. In this book,... -
9 Characteristics of Outstanding Leadership
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I was conducting some research the other day on employment and work and came across this excellent report on Outstanding Leadership from the Work Foundation. The Work Foundation are... -
Book Reviewers Wanted 2 1/2
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 7 CommentsTweet ***UPDATE: All the books have now been sent out to those who managed to snap them up quickly enough. All content below that had once stated how you could... -
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... -
From Project Management Tipoffs: Q&A, September 2009
Posted on September 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Every week, How to Manage a Camel reprints an article from the latest edition of Project Management Tipoffs, our highly competitive & popular newsletter. The September issue, released Thursday, concentrates... -
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... -
Proactivity – The Way to Arras People’s Hearts
Posted on July 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Four months have passed since Arras People was awarded by the DWP with the opportunity to provide newly unemployed project & programme management professionals with career services and advice,... -
It happens in other walks of life too!
Posted on June 4, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Just returned from a week in sunny Palma on the island of Majorca, a beautiful (and currently expensive) island with some great marinas and calas. We were fortunate enough... -
Advancing in Age Amid Economic Turmoil
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet The cold, hard facts of the economic frustrations were thrown a monkey wrench two months ago when I got an email from a gentleman in his 60s who worried... -
Continuing Professional Development for Project Managers
Posted on April 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet At the beginning of the year we launched our annual project management benchmark report, part of the report looked at Continuing Professional Development or CPD for short CPD is... -
The Month of Seven – Arras People’s Seven Modern Projects of the World
Posted on April 7, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet All month long, in congruence with Arras People’s celebration of its seventh birthday, we here at the Camel will take a weekly look at the number 7 – the... -
‘My Way Was the Better’ – A Look at The Ingenuity of Josephine Garis Cochrane on Ada Lovelace Day
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No CommentsTweet In our daily household chores, I take it upon myself to handle the dish-related responsibilities after a long day at work. I felt it’s only fair, as my better-half, a... -
Masterclass in Sloppy Project Management – News of a Public Sector IT headache
Posted on March 16, 2009 | No CommentsTweet With recent media investigations dealing with the extent of government waste, this item is not comforting to public sector project management professionals. We’ve reviewed ContractorUK’s report on this story, but... -
The Career Switch – How Arras People’s Careers Clinic Can Help
Posted on March 9, 2009 | No CommentsTweet It’s as close as some people might ever come to a full-fledged identity change, this concept of making a career change. Imagine the rugby union professional who cuts his... -
End of Days – Not Opportunities – For Community Volunteer Project
Posted on December 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet To those who’ve kept track of our weekly postings regarding the sponsorship of Zoe in her volunteer project work with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale, you’ll be sad to hear... -
A Vacation In Which I’ve Not Totally Vacated…
Posted on December 9, 2008 | No CommentsTweet I went home to the States for two weeks at the end of November, and had a truly solid, unforgettable time. I enjoyed/was annoyed by a few things they... -
An Effective Case Study In Why A Business Should Value Communication
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsTweet httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6Z8kcoi-E The YouTube video posted above is from a minute-long United Airlines commerical that is now roughly 20 years old. Our posting it is done with the hopes that... -
Is Change Upon Us? Only With Obama…Maybe
Posted on October 31, 2008 | No CommentsTweet For the entirety of this rant, I’m putting on my Jon Stewart salt-and-pepper wig and shifting into US Election mode. There might be a project management theme or two.... -
Early reflections on the Sponsorship survey
Posted on September 10, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The results are pouring in, and the respondents to our latest Arras People/Survey Monkey poll have some varied and experienced opinions about the interaction between Project Managers and their... -
Extra-curricular activities
Posted on July 15, 2008 | No CommentsTweet In my line of work, I get to take a thorough look at the CVs that may or may not be right for certain positions we at Arras People... -
Listing: Great Ways to Make Effective Use of Your Holiday
Posted on June 25, 2008 | No CommentsTweet The full length version of the lead article from Tipoffs, June 2008. If you want to subscribe to Tipoffs, click here: Everybody enjoys lists. OK, maybe not everybody. But... -
Soft skills and leadership: The possibilities of London 2012 and some examples of press-savvy leaders
Posted on May 29, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Thursday’s Carol Lewis article for The Times could speak volumes for those programme managers or senior project managers looking to revitalise the UK capital through London 2012. In fact,...
