5 Surprising Strategies to Advance Your Project Management Career Demand for project managers over the next 10 years is expected to skyrocket relative to other career paths. But despite the growing need, project managers across industries report they are struggling to stand out in what they perceive to be a crowded field. As project management […]
7 Things Dynamic Organizations Do to Build Agility, Move Faster, and Work Smarter The only thing predictable about change is that it will occur—rapidly and often without warning. When business change is incremental, organizations and teams with well-understood processes and solid discipline may perform extraordinarily well. But when organizations try to apply these same approaches […]
How to Repair a Troubled Stakeholder Relationship Strained relationships can have a devastating impact on your work, to say nothing of the toll they can take on your personal well-being and satisfaction at work. That said, it’s perfectly normal to find yourself faced with a broken or strained relationship at some point in your career. […]
The workforce is entering a global experiment with remote work. As the world works to contain the spread of COVID-19, millions of workers are clocking in from their couches and kitchen tables. Some predict this outbreak represents a tipping point after which many employees will not return to the office. 63% of employers already allow […]
Virtual Facilitation: What to Know Before Stepping to the Front of the (Virtual) Room Since the onset of social distancing, I’ve continued to deliver sales pitches, conduct job interviews, and facilitate formal presentations, training, and video content online. While I’m no stranger to virtual facilitation, I’ve spoken to a lot of people over the past […]
A Lesson in Authentic Leadership: How to “Show up” in a Crisis and Emerge a Stronger Leader I had recently been promoted to leader of a $2 billion business. Given the size of the promotion, I was struggling a bit with my confidence. But I was learning, and this particular day had been a good […]
Working from home is a dream for some. For others, the pandemic provided little choice. You may notice that you and your team are experiencing more conflict and frustration than normal. This isn’t surprising—after all, we’re not just “working from home.” As the popular meme says, we’re “at home, during a crisis, trying to work.” […]
Virtual Communication How Not to Go Insane
Communicating Decisions in Times of Uncertainty The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 (and the barrage of challenges since then) have made clear: the decision-making and communication patterns we’ve relied on for years are not what our teams need when facing uncertainty and disruption. When we were operating in a “business as usual” environment, we as […]
At Persimmon, we talk and write often about leading with outcomes over directives, and teaching your team members “judgment” so they can make good decisions without you. One of the ways we do that in practice is our “TPG Guidance.” This 1-page document is a set of considerations and principles that we ask our team […]
Common Obstacles to Thinking Strategically (And What To Do About Them) Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” The ability to thinking strategically is an essential skill in today’s fast-paced business environment. We weren’t surprised to see it listed as one of the Twenty […]
As project managers, we talk a lot about the importance of lessons learned—but how many of us regularly take time to reflect on our own personal lessons? I’ve worked on projects of different sizes across several industries, with objectives ranging from “keeping the lights on” to “transformational efforts”, and each has left me with a […]
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