PMI Volunteer: Benefits, Accomplishments, Recognition and Respect

Feb

17

2013

Merriam-Webster definition of “Volunteer”: a person who voluntary undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service. Not many people, including members and non-members, know that the Project Management Institute (PMI) is supported by volunteers from across the world. That was my case when I joined PMI in 2005; I did not know that I ...

Reasons Project Fails – Video

Feb

16

2013

We All Want to be Young Infographic

Feb

15

2013

Cultural Competence

Feb

14

2013

Cultural Competence was a topic of discussion in the magazine Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management published the article co-authored by Mercedes Martin & Billy Vaughn in 2007 where “Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. Cultural competence comprises four components: (a) Awareness of one’s own cultural worldview, (b) Attitude towards cultural differences, ...

Strategic Project Management A Tool to Achieve Competitive Advantage

Feb

13

2013

Current business trends are forcing companies to find the right project mix in order to become more efficient and agile; efficiency and agility are two key elements to achieving competitive advantage, and will result in increasing market share or revenue. For years, companies around the world have looked for ways to achieve competitive advantage ...

Conducting a Webinar: How to Get Ready

Feb

12

2013

Conducting a webinar is becoming a common way to share presentations with disperse audiences. You may already been assigned to conduct a webinar but you do not know where to start. Let’s first understand what a webinar is. According to Merriam-Webster definition a webinar is a live online educational presentation during which participating viewers can ...

Who are the Millennials?

Feb

11

2013

Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application

A Day Without email. How your Multigenerational Team would React?

Feb

10

2013

Multigenerational team members will react differently to the “day without email” proposal In the professional world where technology is omnipresent, we as project and program managers are used to tying our personal and professional lives to technology and gadgets like smart phones, tablets, GPS, etc. As a result, some organizations are trying a “day without ...

The Role that Culture Plays in Projects

Feb

9

2013

Jamie Gelbtuch, founder and principal of Cultural Mixology, discuss the role that culture plays in projects. As projects become more global in nature, culture plays an undeniably critical role during the project execution. Responsible project management professionals should identify the cultural risks that may impact projects and define mitigation plans to address such issues from ...

Talent Trouble

Feb

4

2013

Talent trouble is one of the issues that keep CEOs awake at night; they are concern that finding the right people has become more difficult. In 2007, nearly half of the team members were baby boomers. In 2012, more than 2 in 3 belong to Gen X or Gen Y generations. How is your organization ...