I am delighted to be featured in the ‘meet the author’ session of the Major Projects Association’s annual conference this month.
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Enough of ‘Diamond geezers’, how about some ethical leadership?
Caught between a rock and a hard place, is it least worst to plead ignorance of mis-behaviours that are happening in the organisation or team you lead? Continue Reading
Teachers do not know the meaning of the word stress
So said the head of schools inspectorate Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, on Thursday 10th May 2012 according to the Sunday Times. This is at variance with some of my teacher friends, who claim it to be a very stressful profession. Continue Reading
Sex and the city – 6 out of 10 women report that stress at work is ruining their sex lives
According to a poll picked up by The Daily Express and Metro today (10/04/2012), 6 out of 10 women report that stress at work is ruining their sex lives. Continue Reading
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Forgetting the pill: Dealing with severe stress using NLP instead of drugs
Research in neuro-science at Harvard and McGill is looking at use of drugs to alter the emotional association of memories for stress and trauma patients. NLP has been doing the same thing for years, and I think the mechanism is almost the same but without the side effects of the drugs. Continue Reading
Association for Project Management, Best Practice Groups (SIGs), Competence, NLP, NLP4PM, Peter Parkes, project management, Values and Behaviours
The executive’s guide to better listening
As the author of the linked McKinsey report says, we think that we are good listeners, including in the case of the executive described, and don’t accept the need to change, let alone go about it. Once people have realised that they are not good listeners, they hungrily devour techniques to fill that vacuum. Continue Reading
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My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I announce excellence in the management of projects
I had the honour of being amongst fellow directors of the Association for Project Management on Friday for the chairman’s lunch to witness President Martin Barnes award Honorary Fellowships to the great and the good of our profession. Continue Reading
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Public sector cuts: Developing project managers to help turn adversity into opportunity
Last time modernisation and cuts were attempted in public services, creation of capability in change management and delivery were overlooked. Can we re-frame this adversity as an opportunity to create the competence to do things differently? Continue Reading
High Performance Teams – Congratulations Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing after the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix
It takes more than luck for a team to win a constructors championship, overall champion in Sebastian Vettel, and a Brazilian Grand Prix winner Mark Webber all in one go. In management we call it creating a high performance team, and there was also project management aplenty on show at Red Bull’s race HQ in Milton Keynes when I visited recently with the IoD. Continue Reading
Assuring who, about what, and how?
There are many types of assurance in the market, offered by many providers, covering many facets of delivery. Why do we need so much external assurance, have we got our priorities wrong? Continue Reading