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LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 If data is the new oil in today’s rapidly changing workspace environment, then collaboration is the new capital – because aligning teams to rapidly and intelligently get things done isn’t just a question of success: in the long run, it’s a matter of survival. Of course, most organizations are already well aware that collaboration […]
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 […]
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 […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 There’s one thing that sales and marketing professionals neglect at their peril: end users are the ultimate authority when it comes to determining whether product promises are justified – or jokes. And one of the most vivid illustrations of this principle has to do with so-called “killer” project management mobile apps. Why so-called? […]
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 […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Under tidigare årtionden var begreppet projektledning nära förknippat med några specifika branscher - särskilt ingenjörsvetenskap, byggnadsverksamhet och teknik. Det var på dessa områden som projektledning som disciplin uppstod och där de flesta av de grundläggande begreppen bakom projektledning utvecklades. På senare tid har projektledning blivit en viktig del av [...]
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 […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Om de ombeds att nämna den sämsta aspekten av sitt arbete skulle många projektledare säga att rapporteringen är den mest tidskrävande och minst givande delen av dagen. Oavsett om de samlar in lägesrapporter från teammedlemmarna eller förbereder statusrapporter för kunder eller ledning, ägnar PM:arna oräkneliga timmar åt att se till att alla projekt [...]
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 […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Precis som en fyrklöver på St Patrick's Day vill alla företag växa. Faktum är att de flesta företag skulle nog säga att tillväxt är deras främsta mål och det ultimata måttet på framgång. Tillväxten medför dock en mängd nya utmaningar. Växande företag måste ofta hitta nya platser, lägga till nya interna avdelningar, [...]
