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Motivate with A Carrot Rather than Punish with a Stick career leadership motivation pmo leadership project management Jun 28, 2023

Motivating people with the carrot-and-stick approach is to offer employees something positive (the carrot) if they do what you want, OR, to inflict negative consequences (the stick) if they don’t do w...

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How to Create a Strategy for Your PMO pmo pmo leadership project management Jun 26, 2023

The game of checkers has been around for a very long time. There’s evidence that it originated over 5,000 years ago in the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. Besides being a great w...

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How Did you Celebrate International PMO Day? international pmo day pmo pmo day Jun 14, 2023

May 9, 2023 was the first-ever celebration of International PMO Day. Across the globe, companies and business leaders took time to appreciate, acknowledge, celebrate, and elevate PMOs. Founded by Laur...

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How to Manage Risks on Your Project project delivery project management risk Jun 09, 2023

Many families are in the middle of graduation season. Children are graduating college, high school, middle school, or, it’s even now a thing for kids to graduate kindergarten. Graduations are often ac...

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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 project success. Deadlines, m...

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How to Develop Your Project Management Green Thumb May 30, 2023

Seems like just yesterday that the new year ushered in all the hopes and promises of 2023. A runway of 12 full months laid ahead of us, and we had plenty of energy after our end-of-the-year vacations ...

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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 plac...

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5 Steps for PMO Leader Succession Planning project management May 25, 2023

“Succession” is a hit HBO series about the dysfunctional Roy family, media moguls and owners of a global entertainment conglomerate. The story centers around Logan Roy, a ruthless and domineering tyco...

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How to Define the PMO’s Role leadership pmo pmo leadership project management May 17, 2023

You may have seen memes themed “You Had One Job.” They demonstrate supposedly simple or basic jobs that have gone terribly wrong. For example, instead of painting FIRE on the road in front of a fire h...

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5 Steps to Establish Your PMO’s Vision career executive leadership pmo project delivery project management May 15, 2023

20/20 is the gold standard of excellent vision.  Without 20/20 vision, people do what they can to get close to that mark, from wearing glasses or contacts to having corrective surgery. Why? Because vi...

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Celebrate International PMO Day May 9! career growth pmo pmo day project management teams May 03, 2023

People love a reason to celebrate. For example, there’s National Dress Up Your Pet Day (January 14), National Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19), National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (last Monday ...

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5 Ways to Help Your Project Management Team Succeed as an Executive Sponsor career pmo project management May 01, 2023

You’re sitting in your favorite pizzeria, and take a bite into your first slice. You’ve been waiting for this meal all week and are eager to dig in. However, your first bite is surprisingly lukewarm. ...

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