The Importance and Awesome Power of Project Management in Today's Business Environment

Why is project management important and what awesome power exists with project management in today's business environment? The first reasons that come to my mind about why project management is important (based upon more than 35 years of my personal project management experience), are tighter budgets, diminishing resources, more and more time constraints, and competition to improve the ways we do business. The awesome power of project management makes it possible to focus on priorities, track and measure performance, overcome challenges and problems, become flexible enough to adapt to change and achieve higher performance and a higher probability of success in each project.

Regaining World Market Share Starts With Getting Physical - And Agile

Taking dramatic steps to become agile is necessary to be a manufacturing contender in the next century. Organizations must focus on moving information and products quickly through the entire service chain- distribution, assembly, manufacture, and supply. All physical and logical events within the service chain must be enacted swiftly, accurately, and effectively. The faster parts, information, and decisions flow through an organization, the faster it can respond to customer needs.

You Don't Lead By Hitting People Over The Head

Who has inspired you? And are you, in turn, inspiring those you lead.

How Emotional Intelligence Creates Effective Leaders

Important research indicates the connection between Emotional Intelligence and effective leadership styles. The key to being effective lies in learning to handle yourself and your relationships in a positive manner. This includes Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Coaching supports and enriches the process.

Assumptions and Management

We keep telling ourselves not to assume anything, but is it really possible in management? Read on - and put on your thinking cap!

Discover 10 Steps to a Successful Business Turnaround

Certain actions can be found in most business turnaround situations. Whilst the work involved may differ in each business turnaround, discover some of the common steps taken in the turnaround process.

Realistic Target Setting - Part 1

Targets are essential motivators of performance improvement, but many people find setting meaningful targets very difficult. This article discusses the first 3 of 6 challenges of realistic goal setting when it comes to business performance improvement. Look out for part 2!

Leadership With Vision - The Spark That Counts

All leaders need to have vision because it is vision that leads leaders. Being a leader is not an appointed position! Being a leader means that there are people who are following you - they may be people on your team, other people in your organization, even clients and customers. As you lead and as people look to you for leadership, a vision gives you the spark that others want to catch.

Respect - The Key to Delegation

Delegation is based on respect. You need to respect the person to whom you delegate. They, in turn, will not want to do the tasks, unless they respect you.

It May Be Awhile Before The Meek Inherit The Earth

What often happens to people who move into positions of authority? Must one be a jerk and a bully to succeed as a leader? Does arrogance make a top manager?

How to Be an Ideal Leader for Your Business

How to develop as a leader in business, the responsibilities and how to continuosly improve as a leader are discussed. Better learn the importance of conveying your company vision, goals for your business and steps to gain confidence from employees

The Right Staff - The Effects of Staff Turnover on a Practice

This second in a series of three articles examines staff turnover in the light of productivity, liability, and financial returns to the medical practice.

The Case for Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching, a hot topic over the last couple of years. But is it effective? Does it pay off? Do the results stick?