Posted on 03/06/2008 by Peter Evans
An interesing (and short) post here on the importance of learning from failure and the behaviour of leaders -
The other practice that I thought was really insightful was to regularly have breakfast with regular employees and ask them the question “What’s the most idiotic thing we did in the last 60 days?” Imagine if you [...]
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Posted on 11/03/2008 by Peter Evans
Was pointed to this post on PM Hut from Raven’s Brain on project management skills and competences. The emphasis on the ’softer’ people management skills:
be a leader and a manager
be a team builder and a team leader
be a negotiator and an influencer
be an excellent communicator
alongside other skills you’d expect in terms of planning, be [...]
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