Why Purpose Matters in Project Leadership
Discover how the principles of The Purpose Driven Life can transform your approach to project management—bringing integrity, connection, service, and mission into your leadership.
Category: Project Delivery
Leading with Big Eyes and Big Ears
As a project leader, every day is about identifying the next big problem to solve. And to do that effectively, you need to be constantly listening to your customers. Where are the pain points? What’s causing friction? And how can you, as a leader, break down those barriers to deliver project success?
10 things mentally strong project managers do
I have been reading the book ’13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do’ by Amy Morin. Here is my perspective on it from a project manager’s point of view. As a project manager, you...
Project Master or Project Disaster? What Marriage Can Teach Us About Successful Project Management
When thinking about what makes a marriage thrive, words like love, commitment, and communication come to mind. Dr. John Gottman’s The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work takes these concepts further, showing that successful...
Achieve the Impossible: Key Factors for Success
As I reflect on 2024, it has been a busy and challenging year. Over the end of year break, I took some time to read a book titled “Art of the Impossible”. Steven Kotler...
Embracing failure and achieving success
This weekend saw major disruption caused by an update from Crowdstrike‘s software which many companies use to manage security on Window’s computers. My heart goes out to the project managers and developers that are...
Slowing Down to focus on what matters.
It’s been a busy few months of technology rollouts for me. It’s great to have a sense of achievement and be seen as ‘successful’ as long-term projects become reality. It’s also challenging and mentally...
Project Pandemonium: How to Resolve Conflict and Still Deliver on Time
Some projects are like sprints, while others are more like marathons! I’m currently at a critical point in a six-month project, getting ready to go live. Throughout the project, we’ve faced various conflicts to...
The Art of Translation
In theory, the upgrade was so simple. We had to update some settings on the email server to prevent emails from being interpreted as SPAM. Then we could send the email. The email vendor...
“Who Moved My Cheese?”
The World is changing, technology is changing, our environment is changing. We need to constantly adapt and be ready for change, but this is not always easy or comfortable. Change is inevitable, yet it’s...
