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    Time logging: Where employee task management turns into employee task misery

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 When Forrest Gump spoke philosophically about how “life is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you’re going to get,” he meant it in positive and inspiring way.   However, if Forrest were a project manager or worked in the project management office (PMO) – instead of co-founder of the enormous […]

    From vendor to visionary: Supporting the evolution of PSOs

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 An old country and western saying recommends that folks “dance with the one that brought ya” – which, for those unfamiliar with homestead lore, translates into: staying loyal to what has brought success vs. swapping in something new is both good manners and good strategy. However, there are times when what seems like devotion […]

    10 reasons why Branded3 is using Clarizen

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Guest Author, Andrew Radburn, Branded3 During my six plus years at Branded3 (and only my second ever blog post), I’ve seen the company grow from circa 20 people – in an old converted barn on the outskirts of a village I’d never heard of – to over 70 strong; split between the Leeds, London […]

    How project management software drives human capital alignment

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 In the 2016 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark survey, Service Performance Insight affirms that human capital alignment – i.e. the ability to attract, hire, retain and motivate a quality workforce – continues to be both a critical objective and a key challenge for organizations.   Obviously, both Human Capital Management (HCM) systems and organizational policies […]

    How project management software helps PSOs achieve – or avoid – human capital alignment

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 In its 2016 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark, Service Performance Insights notes that in response to shifting human capital dynamics, professional services organizations (PSO) must “create a different type of workforce that requires technical and client management competency with equal parts of flexibility, autonomy and accountability.” Naturally, talent management programs must play a major role […]

    Finding safe harbor in the age of disruption

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 A few decades ago when the world was rooting itself in what was dubbed the Information Age, there was a widespread expectation that the business landscape was heading towards an era of unprecedented stability. After all, organizations weren’t interested in information for its own sake. Information was just raw material to be amassed, manipulated […]

    Anti-team building: 4 sure-fire ways to demoralize your workforce

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 At last check, there are about 25 million web pages offering some kind of team building advice. Throw in a few million ebooks and videos, and it’s safe to say that this topic isn’t just “well covered,” but that it’s outright enclosed. Well, it is in theory. In practice, however, despite the proliferation of […]

    What has to change about change management

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Philosophers believe that the question “what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” is hypothetical, and therefore destined for the realm of speculation instead of analysis. However, if these same philosophers trade in their chair at the neighborhood café for a seat in the enterprise boardroom, they’ll quickly realize that this paradox […]

    5 questions to help professional services organizations improve their bid-to-win ratio

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Over the last several years, professional service organizations (PSOs) have experienced an unprecedented level of disruption and change – and employees hoping that the journey ahead will (finally!) offer a nice stretch of peaceful, easy sailing need to reset their expectations: because it is all hands on deck as both competition and customer expectations […]

    Logiciel de gestion de projet d'entreprise : Une introduction

    LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Tout comme un trèfle à quatre feuilles le jour de la Saint-Patrick, chaque entreprise veut se développer. En fait, la plupart des entreprises diraient probablement que la croissance est leur principal objectif et la mesure ultime de leur succès. La croissance s'accompagne toutefois d'une foule de nouveaux défis. Les entreprises en croissance doivent souvent trouver de nouveaux sites, ajouter de nouveaux départements internes, [...].