Thomas Juli
5 Leadership Skills for Project Managers
I have written many posts on the right leadership principles for project success. I strongly believe that effective project management needs to have a solid foundation in leadership. Without leadership chances are that projects become „just another project“ – far from the sought after „Wow“-project….
Effective teams don’t need collaboration tools. Really? [includes podcast and presentation]
Last February I had a chance to attend (and speak at) the NASA Project Management Challenge in Long Beach, CA. In a session about collaboration tools one of the attendants claimed that „effective project teams don’t need collaboration tools“. I admit that this statement made…
A call for holistic leadership
In a recent blog post Elizabeth Harrin points out how important the right attitude is for effective project leadership. She writes, “leadership attitude is summed up by being open, honest, trustworthy and acting with integrity.” She continues, “If you adopt [these] four pillars of leadership…
Creating the right atmosphere for your team to succeed
In a recent post on the PMI Blog „Voices on Project Management“ Dmitri Ivanenko is pondering what it takes to create the right atmosphere for your team to succeed. He is writing „[…] I ground myself in the project goal. I determine what’s required to…
New book reviews of „Leadership Principles for Project Success“ available
I am happy to post 2 new reviews of my book „Leadership Principles for Project Success„. See for yourself what others think about the book: Patrick Durkan: http://www.pmworldtoday.net/book_reviews/2010/dec/Leadership_Principles_for_Project_Success.html Elizabeth Hurrin: http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/camel-blog/projectmanagement/book-review-leadership-principles-for-project-success/ If you are interested in reviewing the book and write an official book review,…
One of the most important keys to project success: building vision
There are many factors that contribute to project success. It starts with your attitude toward project success and your belief in success. Without a clear vision of project success, your project is likely to fail. This is why it is important that you spend enough…
Culture – the often forgotten element in Agile
As Agile project management and the concepts of Radical Management become ever more popular there is at least one important factor that everyone who is honestly interested in embracing the Agile evolution has to be aware of: know thy culture. Agile offers many methodologies, tools,…
Refreshment for weary agile teams
In a recent article on the website of the Scrum Alliance Bob Martin addresses the problem of Scrum teams which after a period of hyper-productivity faces declining productivity and team morale. His article aims to lay out a possible path back to high-performance and great…
Go and find your „Wow“ project
One can find endless examples of projects. Tom Peters (2007) goes as far as claiming that all white collar work these days is and actually has to be project work. “And not just any project, no matter how droning, boring, and dull, but rather what…
The Death of Traditional Management
Steve Denning, author of “The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management” (Jossey-Bass, 2010) has published a great article on Forbes.com entitled “Wal-Mart And The Futility Of Traditional Management”. In this article he points out the declining business numbers of Wal-Mart and compares them to thriving and…