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The Muscles to Manage Change
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsTweet We have been working with several large organizations lately that are trying to build their internal ability to manage ongoing change. Change is the new normal for many organizations.... -
Generation Gap Focus for Tipoffs on Thursday
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The 2012 Project Management Benchmark Report reveals a wealth of intriguing industry trends as to how PPM practitioners regard their practice. Specifically in Project Management Tipoffs (out this Thursday... -
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... -
Managing The Project As Well As The Change
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Lots of people in organizations have experience with project management. But far fewer have experience with organizational change management. A project is usually a temporary effort aimed at creating... -
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... -
Q&A: How a Contractor Should Give Notice
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsTweet “As contractors, you move a lot & this economy takes time. What if you have an opportunity, but the current one isn’t over for a month?” – Robert Kelly... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Termination
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In this final part of the research from the Advanced Institute of Management Research on the importance of meetings we look at meeting termination. This is the part of... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Conduct
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Following on from last week’s post on recent research conducted about meetings from the Advanced Institute of Management Research in this week’s post I’m going to look at conduct... -
The Importance of (Project) Meetings – Initiation
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last week I got out of the office to see what the human resources field were up to at their annual conference and exhibition. I came across the Advanced... -
750 Million – The Cost of Employment Laws in the UK
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet With further changes to Employment Law in the form of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) due to be introduced on the 1st October 2011 it seemed an opportune time... -
Stakeholder Management and the Politically Savvy
Posted on August 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweet It’s a common cause of project failure directly attributable to us human beings if it is not carried out effectively. It’s considered to be one of the arts of... -
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... -
Virtual Meetings – Turning Bugbears into Effective Meetings
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I think we’ve all been there; stuck on a teleconference line waiting for people to show up – the constant pinging and announcement of others arriving (late!) whilst you’re... -
Discrimination in the Project Workplace: Fact or Fiction?
Posted on May 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Many efforts have been made over recent years to remove the impact of discrimination in all aspects of our daily lives; many laws have been created, updated and then... -
Age Concerns and the Project Professional
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The 2011 Project Management Benchmark Report from Arras People continues the theme of looking at how age impacts the community of project management practitioners. Over the last six years... -
Book Review: “Early Project Appraisal”
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Professor Samset’s book is about doing the right project, (as opposed to doing the project right) and about not starting impossible projects that deliver no value however well they... -
Tipoffs podcast on workplace out Thursday
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs will have their April edition out this Thursday, with the podcast version’s 14th edition available that very morning. This free podcast version of the acclaimed newsletter... -
Tipoffs out next week
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the monthly newsletter from Arras People, takes another crack at the issues and concerns facing project management & recruitment next week. On Thursday, subscribers to this... -
Agency Workers Regulations – How Will It Affect You?
Posted on February 3, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) comes into effect in the UK on the 11th October 2011. The aim of the regulation: “is to ensure that the principle of equal... -
Recruitment Market Update – What Does it Mean for Project Management?
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 3 CommentsTweet Late December and the UK Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) CEO held a webinar on the latest information regarding the UK labour market. There are a few interesting general... -
Professional Project Management?
Posted on September 16, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Back in June 2010 at the Best Practice Showcase we looked at the professionalisation of project management, specifically we were interested in how we as practitioners view the profession... -
Finding a project management role when you’re older
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In this month’s PMI PM Network magazine I had a question from a reader; I’ve been out of work for a while and I suspect I’m having no luck... -
Tipping Off in Just One Week
Posted on August 12, 2010 | No CommentsTweet August 2010 will be another time to reflect on Tipoffs past, as we at Arras People delve into our archives to give you a bit of nostalgia on our... -
Heads Up for the Project Management Marketplace – Solvency II
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Some good news for project professionals; two South East based private sector organisations are working with Arras People to identify and engage a significant number of permanent and contract... -
ROI Change Management Survey
Posted on July 26, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Findings from their ROI for Change Management survey completed by ChangeFirst last week found some uplifting conclusions on the ROI of change management investment, for which a white paper... -
Summer Holiday Blues
Posted on July 12, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet The summer holiday season is notoriously a time when many people seriously consider handing in their notice. The combination of winding down and settling into a slower pace of... -
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.... -
Subscribe to the podcast now!
Posted on June 14, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Apologies to Chris Moyles. We just wanted you to know that with a great newsletter comes a great podcast, and Project Management Tipoffs, the project management & recruitment issues... -
Book Review – Project Management Demystified
Posted on June 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet Author: Geoff Reiss Publisher: Taylor & Francis Size: 224 pages In his book Project Management Demystified, Geoff Reiss takes a real-world, warts-and-all look at the experiences and skills of...
