October, 2023

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5 Questions to Get Your Project Team on the Same Page

Harvard Business Review

Projects are unique, temporary, and dynamic. At the beginning of a project, you can be proactive as you plan, schedule, source, and staff. Project success ultimately depends on maintaining project team alignment from inception to completion.

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3 Project Management Strategies for a Hybrid Workplace

Harvard Business Review

On a hybrid project, communication and coordination become both more critical and more challenging. Digital tools and meetings may be the only way some team members can keep in touch.

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How Project Managers Can Better Navigate Setbacks

Harvard Business Review

Setbacks are common on projects — but project managers hold four key tools to understand why they happen and how to help their teams move past them. First, understand the neuroscience behind setbacks to encourage people to learn and grow. Second, openly acknowledge that a setback has occurred to prevent backsliding.

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Managing a Project? Formalize Your Follow-Up Process.

Harvard Business Review

One of the biggest mistakes in project management is that simply telling someone to do something is enough for it to get done. In most cases, especially with longer and more complex projects, assigning work isn’t enough, explaining work isn’t enough, and even planning out work isn’t enough. But you have to do it right.

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3 Ways to Successfully Manage Large-Scale R&D Projects

Harvard Business Review

Managing extended R&D projects comes with its unique challenges, with even the popular agile method struggling in such contexts. Drawing from a recent significant build at Lattice, an HR software startup, three key factors emerge as essential for success in managing large projects.

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The Conflict Resolution Skills Every Project Manager Needs

Harvard Business Review

It’s best to start any new project by fostering the right conflict mindset among team members. As a great project manager, you need to foster awareness, understanding, and respect for the different perspectives around the table.

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How To Craft an Effective HR Transformation Project Plan in 11 Steps

AIHR

A well-crafted HR transformation project plan guides HR professionals in making their function more effective and value-adding. There are several crucial steps and components that shape an impactful HR transformation project plan where innovation meets implementation. Contents What is an HR transformation project plan?