5 Little-Known Tools to Enhance Your Project Management Skills

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Time management is difficult. Project management is a beast. 5 Little-Known Tools to Enhance Your Project Management Skills Don’t believe me? Nearly 55% of projects fail to finish on time, which, incidentally, accounts for the double-digit growth in demand for credentialed project managers. Unfortunately, leaders in every industry are being called upon to manage projects […]

5 Sneaky Ways to Defeat Your Time Management Frenemy

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your frenemies glued to your hip with wacky tacky. That’s how the saying goes, right? When it comes to time management, it’s sage advice. Phone calls, emails and other interruptions may be proven time management enemies, but the real threat is infinitely more insidious in its subtlety. […]

5 Secrets to Surviving a Candidate Personality Assessment #thecandidate

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“So scale of 1 to 10: how much of a sociopath are you?” I had been on the job precisely three days. The question came from one of my new coworkers who was curious about the results of the mandatory personality (uh, “leadership”) assessment that I had to take before I was hired. The results […]

5 Reasons Every Manager Should Play Fantasy Football

5 Reasons Every Manager Should Play Fantasy Football   Confession: This time last year, I couldn’t have named more than two NFL teams. I couldn’t define a “first down,” I couldn’t tell you the difference between a Quarterback and a Running Back, and I certainly didn’t understand the appeal of an imaginary football game…particularly when […]

5 Interview Questions Your PM Candidate Doesn’t Want You to Ask

Effective Project Management Strategies for Successful Outcomes

5 Interview Questions Your PM Candidate Doesn’t Want You to Ask Here are five interview questions that will make an amateur Project Manager squirm in their seat–and the answers you should be looking for. 1. Who was your last Project Sponsor? Is she one of your references? First of all, you’re looking for a Project […]

How to Get Ahead in Ballet Flats

Tips for Confidence and Competence

“I’m not going to get ahead in ballet flats.” That’s a quote from Marnie Hampton, an investment banker and devotee of the so-called “Stiletto Whisperer,” Victor Chu. Based in New York City, Chu has developed a group workshop that teaches beheeled women to navigate the tricky terrain of New York City. According to the New […]