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Project Management: Dealing with Scarcity

PM Alliance

Our project management consultants often need to help clients navigate resource challenges, whether during the initial planning phase or after the project has moved into the execution stage. Funding may be the first thing that comes to mind, but many teams also struggle to manage scarcities related to personnel, knowledge, and time.

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Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not.

Harvard Business

Recently, my colleagues and I conducted a study that shows that most managers don’t understand what coaching really is — and that also sheds light on how to fix the problem. This research project is still in progress, but we wanted to offer a glimpse into our methodology and initial findings.

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Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn.

Harvard Business

The good news is that managers can improve their coaching skills in a short amount of time (15 hours), but they do have to invest in learning how to coach in the first place. This research project is still in progress, but we wanted to offer a glimpse into our methodology and initial findings.

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Solve Your Project Problems in Less Time

PM Alliance

Your controls process must be working well, and your team needs a unified methodology to ensure everyone knows how to translate the metrics and other data coming in from stakeholders. That includes skilled project management consultants, industry experts, and experienced vendors.

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BattleBoard

Kai Davis

The Pomodoro Met – The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The methodology is simple: When faced with any large task or series of tasks, break the work down into short, timed intervals (called “Pomodoros”) that are spaced out by short breaks.