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The Consultant’s Mindset: Use your project experience to share your fresh, relevant and targeted interpretation of trends, needed skills and cutting-edge tools to improve project results.
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In this economy you need to find the fastest path to cash. That may mean taking a contract job while waiting for your next job. But many of you, this is time to rebrand yourself as a contractor and turn up the dial closer to a score of 50 on our Project Management Contractor test.
So You Want To Be A Contractor? Read More »
Project management is undergoing wrenching global changes. The economy is forcing management to fundamentally rethink the employment paradigm. Outsourcing in the 90’s began to impact our projects. This century, the full force of societal shift is upon us and we are now outsourced. To survive, we need to rejoin the project team as a contractor.
The Contractor: The Project Management 2009 Trend! Read More »
As can be expected, much of the feedback pointed towards a cutback in new investment and thus projects. Another significant
Cutbacks and Scrutiny Read More »
Today I would like to cover two categories in the survey that are nearly opposite. The first is Reduced Quality.
Opposites Attract? Read More »
Moving up through the categories, I’ll discuss three now: Project Manager Layoffs Project Staff Reductions Reduced PM rates. Reading through
PM and Project Staff Reductions Read More »
Status Quo Ah, it is nice to hear that some people are not feeling any impacts due to economic recession.
I recently conducted a survey on pmStudent.com asking for anecdotal stories about how the economy is currently impacting project management.
Impact of the Economy on Project Management Read More »
I just returned from hearing Carly Fiorini (former CEO of HP) speak at Celebrity Forum. She defined leaders as those who
See The Opportunity – Seize the Opportunity Read More »
Think about Google and Net Apps. Now think about the Ritz-Carlton Resort-Hotel Chain, Best Buy, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and
What do they have in common? Read More »
I spoke to the Project Management SIG this morning and we talked about handling conflict when managing people from all
Conflict, Diversity & Distance Read More »