Mind the gap: Integrating mental health and inclusion in project management Blog
Mental health and inclusion are no longer peripheral to project management — they’re central to how we lead, deliver and collaborate.
How do you find space when you need time to think? Blog
Where do you go, and what do you do, when you need some headspace to gain perspective on a particular problem? Building in a regular activity or break to give you space to think through chewy problems or take breathers from a back-to-back meetings can give you a precious chance to see things with greater clarity and allow your brain to have those eureka moments you might struggle to have otherwise.
There is no health without mental health: Reflections from a returner in project management Blog
I want to open up and acknowledge that behind every polished LinkedIn post or well-run project meeting, there are stories that often go unseen.
Burnout and poor mental health in project professionals Blog
Trigger warning – this blog discusses issues related to poor mental health and discusses a specific experience.
Looking after your mental health in high pressured environments Blog
Knowing and recognising the early signs of stress and burnout is essential to maintaining one’s mental health, especially in high-pressure environments.
How project managers can turn stress into their ally Blog
Stress is inevitable in project management.
Calling all Project Managers: how you can support the wellbeing of your team Blog
Project Management can be high stress work.
Why mid-career project managers are prioritising work-life balance Blog
For a feature in the spring 2023 issue of Project journal, I asked several interviewees who are in ‘mid-career’, roughly aged 35 to 50, what their priorities are.
We need to have more wellbeing conversations Blog
In 2021 I wrote about how the COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on wellbeing in the workplace and the importance of wellbeing conversations in the project management community.
Mind the gap: Integrating mental health and inclusion in project management
Mental health and inclusion are no longer peripheral to project management — they’re central to how we lead, deliver and collaborate.
How do you find space when you need time to think?
Where do you go, and what do you do, when you need some headspace to gain perspective on a particular problem? Building in a regular activity or break to give you space to think through chewy problems or take breathers from a back-to-back meetings can give you a precious chance to see things with greater clarity and allow your brain to have those eureka moments you might struggle to have otherwise.
There is no health without mental health: Reflections from a returner in project management
I want to open up and acknowledge that behind every polished LinkedIn post or well-run project meeting, there are stories that often go unseen.
Burnout and poor mental health in project professionals
Trigger warning – this blog discusses issues related to poor mental health and discusses a specific experience.
Looking after your mental health in high pressured environments
Knowing and recognising the early signs of stress and burnout is essential to maintaining one’s mental health, especially in high-pressure environments.
How project managers can turn stress into their ally
Stress is inevitable in project management.
Calling all Project Managers: how you can support the wellbeing of your team
Project Management can be high stress work.
Why mid-career project managers are prioritising work-life balance
For a feature in the spring 2023 issue of Project journal, I asked several interviewees who are in ‘mid-career’, roughly aged 35 to 50, what their priorities are.
We need to have more wellbeing conversations
In 2021 I wrote about how the COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on wellbeing in the workplace and the importance of wellbeing conversations in the project management community.
The emotional impact of Omicron on project professionals
The majority of project professionals have experienced stress or anxiety due to uncertainty caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant, Association for Project Management (APM) has found.
More project managers experiencing stress at work, new survey by APM finds
More than three-quarters of project professionals are experiencing stress due to their work – significantly more than a year ago, according to new data from Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession.
Nearly nine in 10 project professionals say work on their main project has harmed their mental wellbeing
The overwhelming majority (87 per cent) of people managing projects say their mental wellbeing has been negatively impacted by their main project, with a third (33 per cent) strongly agreeing with this statement.