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The Reverse Interview
You've spent weeks preparing answers for that upcoming job interview. Strengths and weaknesses, why you were fired, and all the other usual suspects. But are you also preparing solid questions for the interview? Listen to what some of...
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How to Work a Career Fair
Career fairs are one of the best ways for students to meet prospective employers and ultimately land a job. But you can't just roll out of bed and show up! Billy walks us through all the steps to make the career fair a success, from...
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Landmarks - The Cannes Film Festival
THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IS THE BY-WORD FOR MOVIE GLAMOUR NOT JUST IN EUROPE, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. SET ON THE BEAUTIFUL COTE D'AZUR ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, THE SOMETIMES SEDATE BUT...
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Innovations for Indian Farmers: Improving Lives with Mechanical Solutions
This video highlights the innovative inventions of Arvind Bhai Patel, an Indian inventor supported by the organization Jian. Patel has developed mechanical solutions such as a spray pump, water cooler, and a device for mending punctures...
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Working with Your Project Sponsor: 5 Tips
Your relationship with your Project Sponsor is crucial to the success of your project - and to your success as a Project Manager. So, in this video, I look at 5 tips to help you get that relationship right. Tip 1 What is the frame that...
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How to Set a Clear Vision and Mission for your Team
A clear vision and mission for your project is a basis for both: - clarity of purpose, and - team motivation Mission and vision address the importance of answering the question 'Why?' They provide your project team with a connection to...
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How to Do Project Benefits Management
Benefits Management follows a simple process. And I will describe the one in my new course, Project Benefits Management. (See below for discount vouchers) My Project Benefits Management process has seven steps. We take a look at each one...
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How to Determine an Appropriate Feedback Approach
You know how important good quality feedback is, for developing and motivating your people. But there are different ways you can do it. So, how do you select an appropriate feedback approach for your project team members? Purpose of...
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What is Six Sigma? ...and DMAIC
Motorola introduced the idea of Six Sigma to reduce defects, and match the quality standards their competitors were able to achieve. So, what is Six Sigma? Originally, Six Sigma was a metric for a quality standard. Now, it is much more....
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What is New Product Development (NPD)? And How to Do it...
We take it for granted when new products appear on the market. They must have been made by someone, who followed a process. And that process was the New Product Development, or NPD, process. What’s the connection between NPD and Project...
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How to Define Team Ground Rules
Ground rules… What are they, does your project team need them, and how to set and maintain them if it does? That’s what we’ll look at in this video. What are Ground Rules Ground rules set out a code of conduct for a team. They explain...
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What is Business Analysis? And what is a Business Analyst?
Project Management and Business Analysis. It's like strawberries and cream - you can't have one without another. But what is Business Analysis and what does a Business Analyst do? Business Analysis is the process of identifying business...
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What is John Kotter's 8-Step Change Process?
John Kotter articulated his 8-step process model for leading change in his 1996 best seller, Leading Change. And, although there have been some changes in terminology, all of his team’s research since has continued to endorse the basic 8...
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What is MOST and What is GOSPA?
I often find simple, hierarchical frameworks to be good thinking tools and mental models to help me understand and describe a situation. So, what is MOST and what is GOSPA? What is MOST? MOST Analysis is a business tool for setting...
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What is Disciplined Agile (DA)?
There are many different Agile methods. In this video, I want to answer the question, what is the PMI's Disciplined Agile, DA? Disciplined Agile, is not a methodology, but a tool-kit. It makes use of a wide range of other practices to...
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What is Scaled Agile Framework SAFe?
Scaled Agile Framework is widely used in organizations. In this video, I want to answer the question, ‘What is Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?’ Scaled Agile Framework gives organizations a structured approach for scaling their agile...
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Project Portfolio Management: How to Craft a Portfolio in 5 Steps
A strategic portfolio of programs, projects, and initiatives has balance and delivers value. But how do you assemble a strategic project portfolio? I want to share with you a simple five-step Project Portfolio Management approach I...
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What Goes into a Project Definition?
Projects get a firm foundation with a clear and complete Project Definition. But what does 'complete' mean here? What goes into a Project Definition? In this video, I will describe my long list of Project Definition elements: Purpose 👉...
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How to Make the Project Coordinator Role EFFECTIVE
The Project Coordinator role (and others like it) are a great entry point into the world of Project Management. But what do you need to do to be effective in the role? There is a wide range of interpretations of the role description for...
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Day-to-Day Project Leadership that Gets Results
With the Day-to-Day Project Leadership course, you will be able to lead your team well… and to do so with confidence. You will be ready to take your place as an effective leader in your organization. In this course, you’ll get over 30...
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What are External Dependencies in your Project?
When you are planning your project, you need to be mindful of all sorts of things. Some, you can control. Others are external, and you cannot. So, what are External Dependencies in your Project?
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Don't Let Your Project Get Caught in the Cost Trap
The Time-Cost-Quality Triangle or the Time-Cost-Scope Triangle are key concepts in Project Management. When you understand the Iron Triangle, you can assess most of your project problems. But it can also create a trap that far too many...
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Your First 2 Weeks in a New Project: What to Do?
You have a new project. And a window of opportunity to start it in the right way. What are your priorities in the first 2 weeks of a new project?
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I Don't Like You - Trust and how to Deal with the Toughest Form of Resistance
One thing Project Managers most fear is resistance from one or more of your stakeholders. And one form of resistance is particularly hard to deal with. They may not say it outright. But the resistance amounts to something plain and...