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4 Ways to Celebrate Project Success  pm pmo leadership project delivery project management project success teams Jun 01, 2023

Kool and the Gang figured it out years ago when they sang, “Celebrate good times, come on! Let’s celebrate!” But, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of celebrating...

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A Project Manager’s Personal Plan for Career Growth career growth mentorship pm project management training soft skills May 29, 2023

Someone was overheard saying she was just one lottery winner away from being the next VP. What did she mean? Her career growth plan was based on her boss winning the lottery so she could take his...

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PMO Leaders vs. Baseball Team Managers career pm pmo project management Apr 05, 2023

The camera zooms in on the MLB Manager, who paces back and forth in the dugout. He had put in the work to train them, now the team needs to step up the game to pull ahead. He looks at the lineup....

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Project Managers vs. Baseball Players career pm pmo project management Apr 01, 2023

It’s the bottom of the ninth, two outs and the game is tied. The crowd is on their feet, screaming wildly! The winner will be determined by one person… the next player at bat. The...

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5 Ways to Change Your PMO Game career growth pm pmo project management Mar 21, 2023

Baseball gets it. 

Baseball holds the unenviable reputation of slow game play, and, let’s face it, being a bit boring at times. How have fans reacted to this reality in recent years? By...

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What is Your Pattern of Reliability? career growth leadership pm pmo problem solving project management Mar 15, 2023

Kim Essendrup is the CEO and co-founder of RAIDLOG.com, founder of The Kolme Group, and co-host of the Project Management Happy Hour podcast. Kim also has the distinguished honor of being a...

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5 Ways to Run Your PMO Like a Franchise pm pmo project delivery project management Feb 08, 2023

Any town, anywhere, is sure to have at least one street lined on both sides with fast food places such as Starbucks, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Burger King, Dunkin’, and Chick-fil-A. Heck, KFC...

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Transform the Way Your PMO Operates career pm pmo project management Dec 07, 2022

As the end of the year approaches, you can feel the excitement right around the corner. This is the time when many people make New Year’s resolutions, usually centered around health. Optimism...

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5 Steps to Stop Accidental Project Management pm pmo project management Nov 30, 2022

Do you assume all projects in your organization are being managed by project managers? Do you think you even know all the projects that are going on in your organization? If you answered...

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Help Your Project Leaders Focus on Outcomes with this Tool career leadership pm pmo project management tools Nov 22, 2022

Another great skill of department project leaders (the position formerly known as “accidental” project manager) is to be outcome focused. What this means is that a project is not done...

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A Simple Format to Define Project Scope pm pmo project delivery project management Nov 16, 2022

Now that we’ve removed “accidental project manager” from our vocabulary (see 5 Steps to Stop Accidental Project Management), let’s start getting deliberate about how our...

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Project Management Hall of Fame: Great PM Tools pm project management tools Oct 26, 2022

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established in 1983 and has been honoring the best-of-the-best musicians for decades with membership into its prestigious club. What does it take to be...

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