Practice perfects what we are capable of perfecting; knowing your "players" abilities ... and limits ... is the leader's job.[Originally posted on February 10, 2015 on the Crossderry blog.]When clients or colleagues ask about my passion... Read More »

Posted on Mar 9, 2015 by in Competency, Leadership, Training

Posted on Mar 9, 2015 by in Competency, Leadership, Training

High-performing project management organizations are more agile — PMIThe Project Management Institute’s latest “Pulse of the Profession” report just came out, and it’s full of provoking findings. It... Read More »

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 by in Business Case for Training, Project Management Basics, Training, Training and the PMO

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 by in Business Case for Training, Project Management Basics, Training, Training and the PMO

How effective organizations build staff capabilities — Insights from McKinsey[Editor's note: Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring some posts by our new Practice Director that originally appeared on his Crossderry... Read More »

Posted on Feb 24, 2015 by in Business Case for Training, Project Management Basics, Training

Posted on Feb 24, 2015 by in Business Case for Training, Project Management Basics, Training

PM College leverages the insight of a former training and consulting client to optimize its learning programs.I was thrilled when I learned that Paul Ritchie, PMP, would be coming aboard the PM College ship... Read More »

Posted on Feb 3, 2015 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Leadership, Training

Posted on Feb 3, 2015 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Leadership, Training

Training everyone in the company in PM was a competitive edge for one company. It could be the same for yours.Looking back over the past year, one of the most inspiring clients that I... Read More »

Posted on Jan 14, 2015 by Johanna Mickel in Business Case for Training, Program Management, Project Management Basics, Training

Posted on Jan 14, 2015 by Johanna Mickel in Business Case for Training, Program Management, Project Management Basics, Training

New research on PM Maturity underscores the contribution of training processes to organizational performance.The recent study on project management maturity released by PM Solutions Research has a wealth of information in it that serves... Read More »

Posted on Nov 24, 2014 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Training, Training and the PMO

Posted on Nov 24, 2014 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Training, Training and the PMO

Just how important is it to refresh basic learning from time to time?Recently, a training client of ours emailed me to ask if I could help her answer a question from one of their... Read More »

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 by Johanna Mickel in Stakeholder Management, Training

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 by Johanna Mickel in Stakeholder Management, Training

Stakeholder relationships are shaped by communications ... and these are shaped by cultural patterns with the organization. That can be positive ... or not.Our discussion of how we communicate with our fellow stakeholders has brought to... Read More »

Posted on Oct 7, 2014 by William Athayde in Competency, Stakeholder Management, Training

Posted on Oct 7, 2014 by William Athayde in Competency, Stakeholder Management, Training