Your path to business agility
Let’s imagine a student, a university, an employer and the British Government all wanting to boost employment in the UK. What type of four-part formula could deliver the best possible outcome for all the constants of the equation? The answer seems to lie in the degree Apprenticeships that, as recent surveys indicate, are in for...
At key moments in life, we need a trusted friend to boldly and with the best of intentions take us aside, and give us an unpleasant — or sometimes just ugly — dose of truth. And if you’re an executive in an enterprise that uses spreadsheets as a project management “tool,” then allow us to...
There are those who think that the number one job of a project manager is — if you’ll forgive the tautology — to manage projects. However, there’s an even deeper and more important role that project managers should perform, regardless of whether they’re developing software, launching a marketing campaign, building a facility or carrying out...
You may have come across “The 12 Days of Project Misery,” which is the lament of project managers who are forced to use dysfunctional project management software. For them, the season isn’t festive — it’s frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be! Their enterprise can put Planview AdaptiveWork’s award-winning project management software under the tree,...
As industry grew in the United States, sales became an integral element of business success. It wasn’t long before a science was developed to help define the foundation of the process. This is formally known as sales process engineering and is intended to design better ways of selling a product or service. The more refined...
The UK continues to prove all the post-Brexit doom-mongers wrong by going from strength to strength in terms of production and factory orders. The confidence in this booming economy is shared by international business people from around the world, a third of whom recently named the UK as one of the top three countries for...
Project kick off meetings can be an exciting time with a lot of buzz about how things are going to go down and optimism about how successful the project can be. All too often though a boring kick off drones on for far too long and any kind of enthusiasm has been drained from the...
A recent survey of 334 companies for the CBI/Pearson education and skills survey has found that a third of UK employers were unhappy with how their young millennial recruits applied themselves to their roles. This could lead to big problems down the line for employers in the UK as in the same study 75% believed...
Whether it’s one of your classic favorites — or even if it’s not on your top 20 list — it’s nearly impossible to experience the holiday season without hearing “The 12 Days of Christmas” many (many) times. However, sometimes life isn’t full of wonder, joy and partridges in pear trees — like when project managers...
Despite the growing uncertainty about Brexit and what it will mean for those working or looking to work in the UK, the country is experiencing an employment boom with its 4.3% unemployment rate the lowest it’s been since 2005. The result of this has been huge skills gaps being reported by businesses throughout the country,...
