Project manager soft skills: Cultivating and using empathy in project management practice.
How can "Empathy: Why It Matters, And How To Get It" by Roman Krznaric boost project manager soft skills? Roman Krznaric's book is not aimed at project managers or those developing project manager soft skills. It has however a lot to offer those interested in...
Project team motivation: Helping project teams unlock best version of themselves.
A Review of "Bringing Out the Best in People" by Aubrey C. Daniels In Aubrey C. Daniels' work, "Bringing Out the Best in People," project managers interested in project soft skills will find practical strategies for project team motivation. Moreover, those with...
Hard Choices Soft Power: Project scope creep management tactics
A soft skills approach to scope creep in project management Project scope creep occurs where project requirements continually expand beyond the initial scope. As a result, this leads to increased costs, delays, and...
Mitigating circumstances: Going soft on project risk management
Using project soft skills to balance project risk management response. Even experienced project managers may face challenges in identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks effectively. Particularly in high-risk or...
Joining the resistance: Meeting and greeting change resistance for project success
Using a project soft skills, people-centric approach to managing change resistance. Experienced project managers may face change resistance when delivering projects within their organizations: hindering innovation,...
Going it alone: dealing with project lack of support
Soft options for hard places and unsupported projects. Senior project managers may be frustrated occasionally by a project lack of support or buy-in from senior mangers or senior executives, making it difficult to secure...
Under pressure: project manager stress hacks for the dis-comfort zone
Using soft skills to manage project pressure and stress to deliver A common problem experienced by project managers is the feeling of pressure to prove themselves and demonstrate their capabilities, leading sometimes to...
The Art of Project Management Work-life Balance
Why a sustainable workload is the key to both professional and personal success. Talk to experienced project managers and they may tell you they struggle to maintain a healthy project management work-life balance....