It’s not often that a project professional becomes a CEO, so the APM Podcast jumped at the chance to interview Joanna Rowland, former Transformation Director at HMRC, when she became the Chief Executive of animal welfare charity the RSPCA.
When Sheryl Sandberg published Lean In in 2013, one observation resonated across professional environments, including project and programme delivery: women apologise more frequently than men at work, not for errors, but for speaking, questioning, interrupting, or asserting professional judgement.
Professional project management is defined by the ability to deliver outcomes under constraint.
If there’s one skill that will benefit your career, it’s data literacy.
What is a truth deficit in project management? What is a ‘truth deficit’? In the context of projects, put simply, I would describe it as a gap between what is being said about the performance of a project and the reality.
Psychological safety in project teams when delivery is on track Psychological safety is easy to claim when things are going well.
I’ve been in environments where everything looked fine until it really wasn’t.
There is one item you will never see on any meeting agenda, yet it has the potential to be the most important factor on your project.
How far up the career ladder do you see yourself going? Is it high enough? Or is it time to revise your ambition level to reach for the executive suite? Project management is a profession that provides an excellent grounding for life at the top of an organisation beyond a project role, whether it’s as a COO, global business development director or CEO.
Starting a career in project management can feel overwhelming, especially for those entering the profession through a project management apprenticeship.