Part of our new monthly interview series where we profile entrepreneurs, innovators, business leaders and project managers. Our goal is to bring in people from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds to explore different roles and challenges in leadership and project management. Steven Kravac…
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Good communication is the foundation of getting a better performance from your team. Leadership coach Susanne Madsen shows you how to assess and improve your team’s communication. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: Communication Patterns…
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If ever there was a role that obviously requires the ability to multi-task, it must surely be ours: project management. Luckily, as a discipline, project managers have developed a supreme set of tools for managing multiple pieces of work. We…
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Leadership coach, Susanne Madsen, provides an acronym that can help project leaders structure a coaching conversation. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: Coaching with the GROW Model When you coach someone, Susanne said, you’re trying…
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What are the business-oriented skills that project managers need to stay competitive in today’s world? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you in this video. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: Top 3 Business Skills for Project…
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Do you know what kind of leader you are? Or, better yet, do you know what kind of leader you want to be? In this video, leadership coach Susanne Madsen explores the Project Leadership Matrix, a tool that helps you take…
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With the run-up to the November election, it’s getting ugly on both sides of the political aisle. Both in the U.S. and abroad, the political conversation has been, literally, Trumped. While Donald Trump certainly dominates the media coverage, the truth…
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Leadership coach and expert, Susanne Madsen, outlines the best practices to employ when giving feedback to your team members. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: How to Give Feedback Susanne noted that there are two different…
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A project leader has many responsibilities, paramount among them is to always be thinking of ways to improve your project’s success. It’s an overriding mandate that we can sometimes forget as we get bogged down in the details of moving…
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When you’re leading a project, there is a never-ending list of things you’re responsible for managing. Whether it’s your resources, finances, suppliers or equipment, there’s always another item to tack onto that list. Is there a trick to doing all…
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If you want to improve your project outcomes, then you’ll want to think more like a CEO than a manager, says Jennifer Bridges, PMP. Here’s how to do that. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review:…
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Style is everything, and we’re not talking fashion. PM trainer Susanne Madsen shows you six different leadership styles. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review: What is Your Leadership Style? There are many ways to lead,…
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“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” — Albert Einstein If it’s good enough for Einstein… Perhaps we should all start solving problems more…
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