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4 Ways to Bring Communication to Life
Since before Moses and his people started walking, communication has been the glue that unites people across the world. Regardless of who we are – irrespective of our color, creed, nationality or...
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5 Standout Project Leadership Attributes
What do inspiring Leaders do differently to other people? Think for a minute about the leaders that really grab YOU – and ask yourself what it is about them that switch on that light in your...
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Leadership Self Reflection –“How Can I Improve Next Year?”
I love this time of year…as the New Year draws closer and our minds turn to food and family, it is a perfect opportunity to sit under a tree, chew on some cold Christmas leftovers and spend some...
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Motivating Teams –“Keeping the Lights On”
Have you ever felt that no matter what you say, your team have stopped listening? The light’s out…Elvis has well and truly left the building. You want to get your team switched on, but you just cannot...
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21 Habits of the Best People Leaders
People Leaders – we all know them. Those leaders who seem to connect with their people with ease, have the ears of the right people and get all the cheerful, positive and enthusiastic people on board....
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Pop Quiz –“How Will Your Team Remember You?”
I want to kick off with a simple pop quiz, nothing too tricky – and never fear because there’s a point to it all! Once we have finished, I will pose a really interesting question. How will your team...
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Leadership – Let Your Onions Grow!
I was reflecting on the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. last week and found a marvellous piece by Kayla McClurg, written with such grace and simplicity that it has had an profound effect on me and...
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How To Avoid Being A Leadership Shmuck
How often have you looked around your workplace and noticed the blow-in Project Manager that seem to float around with the best of everything? You know who I’m talking about! I mean, come on…it’s SO...
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Broadcasting a Message To Your Audience – Outdoor Signs (Guest Post)
This is a guest post from Cloe Simon. Cloe is a French Business student working with Blueprint, a signage company based in Sydney. As a Project Leader, I am constantly looking for ways to get my...
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“Standing Up There When The Wave Hits The Rock…”
I had the breath knocked out of me today by an exquisite piece of writing. A colleague sent me a copy of “The Contract” by William Ayot and encouraged me to reflect on my role as a Project Leader. Now...
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PMP Exam Preparation – 2013 Changes for PMBOK® 5th Edition (Guest Post)
This is a guest post from Seamus Collins, the founder and owner of Velopi, based in Cork, Ireland and providing Project Management training and consultancy services. I want to take a moment to thank...
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Hurricane Sandy – Crisis Leadership From Under The Radar
Like millions of others around the world, I was profoundly touched by Hurricane Sandy. Even from the other side of the world, I sat transfixed, captive to a dreadful, soul destroying sense of...
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“What Can One Person Do?”– The Importance of Moral Leadership
What does moral leadership mean to you? But what, you ask, can one person do? Perhaps you’ve been told that a company’s values have to emanate from the top. That’s tosh. In a networked world, when one...
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You’re Ready to Lead a Project Team?
Image source: Cute Baby Fix It started like this. Joe had been called into the Portfolio Manager’s office first thing in the morning – and immediately offered a cup of tea. “Tea?” he thought to...
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Aesop’s Project Leadership –“The Bat and The Weasels”
Aesop’s Fables – the Bat and the Weasels Welcome to another one of Aesop’s wonderful fables – a challenging story about the Bat that stretches the truth in different directions to try and avoid being...
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Will The Looking Glass Cloud Your Communication?
Image Source: Sarah Stacke As leaders, our success hangs on the effectiveness of our communication. If we can’t connect to our teams or stakeholders, if we can’t engage with our people and get our...
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My Sister’s Cancer – A Reflection On Commitment
Image Source: OWWA Benefits My beautiful sister has cancer. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. As the news sinks in, as I feel the earth shifting under my feet, I find myself shaking my head and...
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The POTUS Pocket Guide To Leadership Decisions
No question about it, President of the USA ranks up there as possibly the toughest leadership job on Earth, now more than at any time since WW2. But 21st-century presidents face an especially daunting...
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Actions for Aspiring Leaders
I am really happy to present a guest post from Bill Treasurer, the Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting and author of “Leaders Open Doors”. I had an opportunity to read Bill’s book...
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Branding Our Teams – Creating a Unique Connection
If the CEO had to describe your Team in 10 words, what would he say? If your Project Sponsor speak about your Team’s value-for-money, what would we hear? If the Marketing VP wants a new product...
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