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Autonomy in Civil Service Teams – what stops it and what to do about it? Blog

Following The link between personal autonomy and project performance) by Sam Jefferies, I’ve been using my own experiences in the civil service to consider how we might apply that same thinking.


A creativity strategy modelled from Walt Disney webinar News

This was a joint webinar broadcast on Thursday 18 January, between the APM People SIG and Association for NLP.



APM’s sustainability conference round up: you can make it happen! Blog

Think about what you love; hedgehogs, standing next to a clean stream, your family and community, the security of having a job – how much do you love it? How would you describe that love, that desire, to someone or to an alien visiting? 


Applying a structured approach to project outcomes to increase their chances of success webinar News

This was a joint webinar broadcast on Thursday 7 September, between the APM People SIG and Association for NLP.


Project leadership and future trends Blog

Over the past 5-10 years, there has been a surge in requirements for project professionals; PMI research highlights that the project profession would need an additional 25 million project managers between 2021 and 2030 to fulfil global demand and release GDP benefits for regional economic advantage.


The link between personal autonomy and project performance Blog

I once attended a conference called People Deliver Projects.


Is organisational change in ICT strategy and the organisation’s capacity to change aligned? Blog

Many organisation’s operations have been severely shaken these last few years due to forced changes in business practice and customer behaviour.


Creating environments that set project managers up for success podcast News

Creating environments that set project managers up for success podcast 🕑 29 mins


Breaking down leadership in projects: the skills you need so projects succeed Blog

Leadership is a challenging space to get right no matter what role you are fulfilling.


Autonomy in Civil Service Teams – what stops it and what to do about it?

Following The link between personal autonomy and project performance) by Sam Jefferies, I’ve been using my own experiences in the civil service to consider how we might apply that same thinking.


APM’s sustainability conference round up: you can make it happen!

Think about what you love; hedgehogs, standing next to a clean stream, your family and community, the security of having a job – how much do you love it? How would you describe that love, that desire, to someone or to an alien visiting? 


Project leadership and future trends

Over the past 5-10 years, there has been a surge in requirements for project professionals; PMI research highlights that the project profession would need an additional 25 million project managers between 2021 and 2030 to fulfil global demand and release GDP benefits for regional economic advantage.


The link between personal autonomy and project performance

I once attended a conference called People Deliver Projects.


Is organisational change in ICT strategy and the organisation’s capacity to change aligned?

Many organisation’s operations have been severely shaken these last few years due to forced changes in business practice and customer behaviour.


Breaking down leadership in projects: the skills you need so projects succeed

Leadership is a challenging space to get right no matter what role you are fulfilling.


How to build team collaboration and become a project leader everyone loves

Glenn Smith is one of the world’s leading business agility experts, a Scaled Agile (SAFe) Consultant Trainer (SPCT) with over 20 years’ experience of leading and guiding leaders of complex and highly technical change in a wide range of industries.


Is stakeholder engagement pointless?

APM’s People Specific Interest Group (SIG) has stakeholder engagement as one of its work streams and, in line with the overall SIG, the Stakeholder Engagement Focus Group (SEFG) is looking to ‘positively disrupt’ the status quo, as it moves discussions forward on relevant topics.


Active listening for project success and stakeholder engagement

We’ve all had projects flounder because of stakeholder behaviour.


Are we failing to optimise how our teams work?

In Autumn 2022, the APM People SIG ran a webinar to explore the building blocks of team integration – at an individual level, team level and as a team in the P3M environment.


A creativity strategy modelled from Walt Disney webinar

This was a joint webinar broadcast on Thursday 18 January, between the APM People SIG and Association for NLP.



Applying a structured approach to project outcomes to increase their chances of success webinar

This was a joint webinar broadcast on Thursday 7 September, between the APM People SIG and Association for NLP.


Creating environments that set project managers up for success podcast

Creating environments that set project managers up for success podcast 🕑 29 mins


The use of ALPs for change: Fearless change

Fearless change – taking your people with you on the journeyAPM Conference jointly organised by People SIG and Enabling change SIGLondon, 8 March 2023


Soft skills for change: Fearless change

Fearless change – taking your people with you on the journeyAPM Conference jointly organised by People SIG and Enabling change SIGLondon, 8 March 2023


Crowdsourced solutions to your common change challenges: Fearless change

Fearless change – taking your people with you on the journeyAPM Conference jointly organised by People SIG and Enabling change SIGLondon, 8 March 2023


Unlocking project communication using the power of language webinar

When communicating, we automatically delete, distort and generalise, but usually don’t know we’re doing it.


Project management hacks for change: Fearless change

Fearless change – taking your people with you on the journeyAPM Conference jointly organised by People SIG and Enabling change SIGLondon, 8 March 2023


Overcoming the fear of change: Fearless change

Fearless change – taking your people with you on the journeyAPM Conference jointly organised by People SIG and Enabling change SIGLondon, 8 March 2023


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