APM Blogs

“The only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

Physicist and programme manager James Lea gave one of the most talked-about sessions at the 2025 APM Conference.

Bob leaves his house at 10am to go for a walk with his dog, Patch.

Why is stakeholder engagement so important to the project management community? This is the topic of an APM webinar on June 28th and whitepaper by programme manager Benedict Pinches that is due to be published on the same day.

This year’s Women in Project Management conference in London gave delegates the chance to step away from their everyday project work to focus on their careers — and put their project skills to work on themselves.

Having uncovered the core function of leadership in project delivery, to establish and support a collaborative collective of diverse stakeholders, the next big question is: how? What skills can we develop to enable, realise and release our personal potential in project leadership?   The relaunch of my book by APM Evolving project leadership is a chance to reflect on one of the key functions of project leadership: securing and fostering engagement from, and between stakeholders, who then actually deliver the project.

It’s one of the trickier aspects of a project professional’s job, but get it right and you’ll soon stop dreading them.

Recently, I was tasked with establishing a brand-new aviation equipment department within a fast-paced engineering environment of a newly established organisation.

Most of us don't like meetings very much.

Servant leadership is a term we use when a project manager or leader puts the needs of those they are leading before their own.