by PMO Advisory | Dec 29, 2015 | Talent Management
We recently came across a great article, “Connect Agile Teams to Organizational Hierarchy”, written by Pieter van der Meché and Jutta Eckstein for InfoQ. Meché and Eckstein brilliantly say: “Many agile teams suffer from the mismatch of agile and...
by PMO Advisory | Dec 2, 2015 | Talent Management
We often hear “people are our greatest assets”. Yet, when belt tightening occurs, training is one of the first “luxuries” on the chopping block. Training is often one of the last to recover even when things are going right for the organization....
by PMO Advisory | Nov 19, 2015 | Talent Management
Talents are always finicky. Jack Welch (former CEO of General Electric) and may of his followers place greater emphasis on hiring and retaining “A” players. But I often think the mind and soul of companies are in the classic “B” players. Let me...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 17, 2015 | Talent Management
This article is an excellent starting point looking for red flags, but these are just tactical flags. Project managers leading large and complex initiatives must look for more signs that are more strategic. Three important and strategic ones that all project managers...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 10, 2015 | Talent Management
I have known a number of project managers who made a successful career out of working remotely. But there are a number of pre-requisites that make working virtually work. Here are top three: Trust – Trust that the project manager is truly working effectively....
by PMO Advisory | Oct 20, 2015 | Talent Management
The tendency to train in a mechanistic way is high. There are 3 basic reasons, even though most knows it does not work as well as say customized courses. 1) Custom training is more expensive, even though I feel the upfront cost is more than offset by the value of...
