Project managers come in all shapes and sizes. Like with all jobs some excel in the role while others find it a struggle. Consequently, you’ll find that most businesses have a spread of great project managers and some that well, um, aren’t so good 😉 Having great project managers can be crucial for businesses when […]
Author: Emily Martin
6 steps for better negotiation
Whether you realize it or not we all negotiate at some point in our professional lives whether it’s over things like the budget for a multi-million dollar spend on a project or smaller stuff like negotiating over a meeting room in your office that you really want to use but haven’t booked. As negotiation is […]
6 steps to reduce procurement costs
As materials and services typically account for such a high percentage of organizational spend there is no getting away from the need to optimize that spend and the associated procurement costs. If you take a look under the hood of most businesses you’ll probably find some form of cost reduction activity underway to varying degrees […]
10 reasons why your work meetings suck
Try as we might for most of us, you just cant irradicate meetings from your day to day business life. We all know that the majority of them don’t add value, and suck time up where we could be being effective. Meetings generally come in all shape and sizes from top-level senior management meetings where […]
5 tips for Better change management
Most businesses will, at some stage, embark on some form of change management program. However as many find these things are not easy. While change management includes an element of project management it is not *Just* Project management and to treat it as such can lead to a range of problems. Let’s start with what […]
6 Tips for better objective setting
Objective setting should be seen as an integral part of your business. Having well-structured objectives helps to give your workforce and it’s managers clear targets which have been defined to ensure everyone is pulling in the same way. From a governance perspective most business owners deploy goals and having clearly defined objectives helps them structure […]
5 things Project Managers get wrong when scheduling
If you’re a project manager the chances are you’re responsible for producing a schedule. A project schedule is a list of the activities to deliver the goal of the project. This is usually time-based and often contains key milestones driven by groups of tasks. Project schedules are one of the more common tasks and deliverables […]
5 reasons that companies outsource
One of the more common tasks within Procurement is that of outsourcing. “Outsourcing is when the procuring company obtains goods or services from outside the company by a supplier. Conversely, if the item is insourced it’s done within the procuring organization.” Initially, outsourcing will usually invoice some up-front work deciding where work is undertaken. This […]
5 steps to improve business reporting
Businesses communicate all the time, it’s essential Without it key decision-makers wouldn’t know things like issues, risks, budget performance, opportunities etc. your team’s stakeholders want regular communication and chances are you’ll be doing some form of updates/reporting most days. It’s a part of everyday business life but it’s remarkable sometimes how we take it for […]
10 agenda items for your supplier performance review
One of the common reviews within a supply chain environment is the supplier review. A well run supplier review can benefit both parties. While suppliers are generally trusted to get on with the work of supplying parts a business review allows for both parties to get together to review things like performance, issues, and risks. […]