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Kate Jacobs uncovers how to go beyond mere ‘management’ of stakeholders and really connect.

Active listening means more than staying quiet while others speak; used well, it can build trust, surface better ideas and help project leaders turn stakeholder feedback into stronger outcomes.

When I first started working in construction planning, the programme was often treated as a document — something that showed what should happen rather than a tool that helped make it happen.

Communication is frequently listed as a core project management competency.

Project management has invested significantly in diversity over the past decade.

The next decade will see a significant influx of young professionals entering the world of work, many of whom are currently in school.

Projects rarely fail because everything changed.

This series has argued that projects fail cognitively as well as technically.

The Post Office Horizon scandal is the most consequential failure of IT project governance in British history.

Ask a project manager when their job ends and most will give you a version of the same answer: at handover.