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.
Imagine the following scenario: you have delivered the milestone, mitigated almost all risk, been the "glue" that held a fractured team together through a high-stakes delivery phase.
What happens when sustainability stops being a headline topic and becomes part of everyday organisational practice? If you have noticed a drop in energy around sustainability, either personally or within your organisation, you are not alone.
“Systems thinking is about understanding that things are dynamic and complicated, and that sets of things are interacting in different ways,” explains Andrew Wright ChPP FAPM, leader of the APM Systems Thinking Interest Network and Managing Partner of Dynamic Technologies.
Coping well and bouncing back from setbacks, failure and difficult conversations is a must-have skill for project professionals.