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Avoiding Glossophobia – What Carnegie Can Teach Us
Posted on April 11, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking and for many people the thought of standing in front of an audience is the stuff of nightmares. Project managers however should... -
Do you have a bad career habit?
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsTweet This week I received a mailshot which grabbed my attention with a headline stat of 90% of employees have a Career-Limiting Habit that keeps them from achieving their potential... -
The Perils of Groupthink
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The back page of The Times on 17th January carried the headline “Games cash ‘frittered’ on £22m cost of legacy survey”. The story goes on to outline the history... -
New Project Management Book Available for Review
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Deborah H. Herting was kind enough to forward to me a copy of her book, The Power of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management: Including Strategies for Success. In turn,... -
Don’t forget your soft skills!
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet When it comes to career development, it is easy to focus on the technical aspects of a particular role and easy to lose sight of the soft skills that... -
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... -
PMO Leadership – Get the Basics Covered
Posted on February 17, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Earlier this week I went along to a PMO Workshop in my capacity as a committee member for the PMOSIG. The workshop was being run by Mark Duddy from... -
Meeting a Project Legend and a New Challenge Ahead
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting a legend in project management; Dennis Lock the author, lecturer and project management veteran with some 46 years experience. Dennis’... -
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... -
Skills Shortage Fever: The Last Five Years
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 7 CommentsTweet This article is from the July edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the project management & recruitment issues newsletter from Arras People. Subscribe today and we’ll send you free monthly... -
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.... -
Reality Sets In: Redundancy and Beyond
Posted on April 30, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Having worked for the same organisation for five years I was informed I was at risk of redundancy and subsequently received scheduled “counseling” meetings leading up to eventual redundancy.... -
A shout out to our first MPMM victor!
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Derek Huether is the winner of the very first Freedom of Speech February (FOSF) giveaway from How to Manage a Camel, as his comments last week on a blog... -
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... -
Job Interviews: Ways and Mechanisms to Interview for Success
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Interviews are the make or break of the job search; No matter how good your CV and career record is to date, the face-to-face (or telephone) interview remains the... -
Support Service Shows Signs of Stability in Search for Sound Employment
Posted on September 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project managers and management personnel nationwide have heard the clarion call from Arras People and the JobCentre Plus – if you’re out of work and come from those particular... -
Showing Up: The Job Interview in Context
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Imagination time… Picture the graduate: fresh and excited to interview for a job opportunity, one that simply did not come along very often in these times of economic woe... -
Tipoffs is out, available at our online newstand now!
Posted on August 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Last month at Project Management Tipoffs, the project management news & issues newsletter from Arras People, spoke with you (OK, wrote to you) about the economic climate and the uplifting effect... -
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... -
New Service Offering from Arras People – DWP Executive Support
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Given the turbulent nature of the job market at present and that thousands of highly skilled workers have found themselves out of work, it comes as no surprise the... -
A Word About Graded Registration
Posted on April 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Anyone visiting the registration pages of Arras People in the last few months would have noticed a distinct change in our approach. The industry standard model for anyone wishing... -
Birthday Clinics from Arras People
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No CommentsTweet In continuing our month-long celebration of the company’s seventh birthday, Arras People hosted a day’s worth of free Project Management Careers Clinics Monday for prospective project management job candidates.... -
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 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... -
Getting Into Project Management – How a Careers Clinic Can Help
Posted on March 5, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet It is nowhere close to the struggles of a “glass ceiling” or a “seperate but equal” workplace inequity, but breaking into a new line of work undoubtedly has its rough patches... -
Facing Redundancy – How Arras’ Careers Clinics Can Help
Posted on March 3, 2009 | No CommentsTweet It’s getting to the point where one can safely say ‘We’ve all been there before’ when it comes to redundacy, and having it be not just a general statement,... -
BCS Session Declares There is a Project Management Skills Gap!
Posted on January 5, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Tuesday 16 Dec 2008, London – BCS HQ saw a pre-Christmas gathering that attracted a healthy mix of project management professionals to take part in a debate on the... -
Arras Director to Speak at BCS Session
Posted on December 11, 2008 | No CommentsTweet Our own Managing Director, John Thorpe, is off to London next week for a presentation hosted by the British Computer Society (BCS). Thorpe will serve as a one of... -
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... -
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...
