Helpful resources for today's leaders
There are companies that deliver high profits and grow above their industry average. These high-performance organizations obtain these results not by chance but by choice. Their leaders have decided to create a high-performance culture and put in place the ingredients that will contribute to their success. Improving the level of …
The strategy of a company is defined by the way an organization decides to compete in its own market. Business strategy gives direction to the organization. To create a competitive advantage and beat the competition, companies need to recognize the competencies they need to reach those goals. Developing strategic objectives …
One of the key tasks of project management is to balance the expectations and needs of stakeholders; especially when there are requirements and priorities that may be conflicting or opposing one another. In fact, to implement their strategies successfully, companies need to take into high consideration stakeholders’ needs and concerns. …
The relevance of Project Portfolio Management is growing beyond the project-based business. As many of us know, projects have become the main way for executing the strategy of an organization. In fact, companies that execute projects that align their objectives with organizational strategy have more chances to be successful over …
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) helps companies select the right projects that align with their strategies to achieve their objectives. Thanks to PPM, companies are able to allocate the resources to support those projects. Even if PPM is usually used to improve project success probability and to achieve success, companies need …
To develop new products companies can integrate Project Portfolio Management into the Stage-Gate process. This approach works very well for big firms that operate in mature businesses where the portfolio of projects is pretty static. Thanks to this approach, companies can review individual projects and make go/kill decisions on each …
Companies need innovation to increase their market share and profit margin. Thanks to innovation, companies are able to put new successful products on the market. To get the most out of each new product, companies need to deliver them on time. Unfortunately, what usually happens is that most companies have a lot of …
The definition of strategy is a long-term plan of action used to reach a specific goal or a set of objectives. To get the most out of their resources, companies should link strategy and new product resource allocation. In addition, depending on their strategies, companies need to decide whether to …
Companies can maximize project benefits and minimize overall project risks by balancing project portfolios. Executives have to analyze and balance the portfolio to reach these goals. The objective is to fund worthy efforts in order to produce the highest payback from each investment. A project portfolio can be considered like …
Companies need innovation to increase their market share and profit margin. Innovation helps companies deliver higher value to customers. The process of converting an idea into a product or service allows companies to remain relevant and competitive in their fields. Innovation through projects Companies can decide to innovate by relying on incremental …
Companies today have a lot of projects they could be working on but a limited amount of resources. Instead of just trying to figure out how to get through as many of them as quickly as possible, organizations can use Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to prioritize those projects. There are …
Companies need innovation to increase their market share and profit margin. Innovation helps companies deliver higher value to customers. The process of converting an idea into a product or service allows companies to remain relevant and competitive in their fields. Innovation through projects Companies can decide to innovate by relying …
Companies are increasingly using projects to manage most of their activities. Managing single projects can produce a loss of transparency and efficiency of the project outlook. To be more effective, companies need to use a management approach, such as Project Portfolio Management (PPM). PPM is an efficient way to manage …
Project Portfolio Management has obtained a lot of attention lately. PPM has gained momentum as companies have recognized that organizational efficiency also depends upon doing the right projects. It is more important to choose the right projects than doing the chosen project in the right way. PPM processes Project Portfolio …
Project selection is very important to effectively apply Project Portfolio Management (PPM) . For this reason, it is worth exploring the essential tools and techniques to choose the right projects for the portfolio. It is also useful to say that having an official process to set project priorities could not …
Organizations can benefit from using Project Portfolio Management (PPM) practices. In fact, PPM allows companies to allocate resources, schedule, analyze, and manage projects and business. At the same time, there are problems companies face when using PPM. What type of problems do companies face using PPM? Let’s analyze the three …
Project Portfolio Management has obtained a lot of attention lately. PPM has gained momentum as companies have recognized that organizational efficiency also depends upon doing the right projects. Basically, it is more important to choose the right project than doing the chosen project in the right way. PPM processes Project …
Companies can obtain many benefits by adopting Project Portfolio Management. In general, PPM helps companies flourish by allowing them to focus on the most important and strategic projects and programs. In a world that is becoming more and more complex, companies can use Project Portfolio Management to manage the complexity of their portfolios. …
Portfolio Management is evolving over time. Today, Portfolio Management goes over the evaluation techniques. It is going towards a more comprehensive managerial approach that explains how to use Project Portfolio Management (PPM). The trend of interest in the field of PPM and strategy topics has increased regularly in the last …
Organizations can benefit from using Project Portfolio Management practices. In fact, PPM allows companies to allocate resources, schedule, analyse, and manage projects and business. At the same time, companies also encounter problems when using PPM. What type of problems companies face in using PPM? Let’s analyze the three main problems …
Project portfolio management is considered to be a logical decision process. To execute PPM effectively it is important to consider some other aspects. In fact, there are characteristics of PPM that have a great impact on its implementation. Let’s analyze some of the most important assumptions that can have a …
In a world that is becoming more and more complex, companies can use Project Portfolio Management to manage the complexity of their portfolios. In fact, as projects increase in number and size, the complexities and management challenges rise exponentially. Everyday, new market and strategic opportunities can arise. As a result …
Organizations need to define a strategy in order to achieve success. Defining a strategy is a critical factor for the future of a company. The right strategy will produce growth, profit, or any other objectives the executives have set. At the same time, an inappropriate strategy will not only fail …
Companies can obtain many benefits by adopting Project Portfolio Management. In general, PPM helps companies to flourish by allowing them to focus on the most important and strategic projects and programs. Let’s analyze what happens to companies that use PPM. How can PPM help companies? PPM is able to deliver …
Portfolio Management is evolving over time. Today, Portfolio Management goes over the evaluation techniques. In fact, it is going towards a more comprehensive managerial approach that explains how to use Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Links between levels In many companies, it happens that corporate strategy gets filtered to the portfolio …
The trend of interest in the field of PPM and strategy topics has increased regularly in the last decades. It is expected to continue to increase in the future. Project Portfolio helps companies to achieve their organizational strategies and objectives. Organizations can use PPM to identify projects and portfolios that …
Companies can use projects as a powerful strategic tool to produce a competitive advantage and business value. Unlike the past, projects will become more and more important for driving company’s strategy into new directions. Organizations should use project portfolio planning in order to plan their strategy. Let’s see how to …
Strategic management helps companies to innovate their processes and products. Strategy allows organizations to determine the best configuration of systems, processes, products, and resources to reach their objectives. Once a company has chosen its strategy it has to implement it. To implement their strategies companies can use Project Portfolio Management. …
Today, companies are constantly under pressure to innovate and grow. To reach these objectives, they need to find an efficient way to implement their strategies. Organizations execute their strategies through the creation of strategic initiatives. The execution of the organization’s strategies happens through the use of programs and project portfolios. …
Organizations need to define a strategy in order to achieve success. Defining a strategy is a critical factor for the future of a company. In fact, the right strategy will produce growth, profit, or any other objectives the executives have set. At the same time, an inappropriate strategy not only …
Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we’re hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. As a result, this response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable by committing mistakes while learning something new. …
“Out of hundreds of books about improving organizational performance, here is one that is based on extensive empirical evidence and a book that focuses on specific actions managers can take to make their organizations better today!” ~Jeffrey Pfeffer Professor, Stanford Business School Essentially, this book is about how to be …
“If you want to be a CEO—or if you are a CEO and want to keep your job—read Execution and put its principles to work.” ~ Michael Dell Larry Bossidy is one of the world’s most acclaimed CEOs, with a track record for delivering results that has few peers. Ram Charan is …
“These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink’s advice, then so much the better.” ~Wall Street Journal Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink. In this provocative …
“This is the best career book ever written. I’m not even sure what book comes in second. This is practical, human, touching, urgent, vulnerable, universal, actionable truth, all in a well-written, handy package. Go!” ~SETH GODIN When you don’t like your job, Sunday isn’t really a weekend day. In reality, …
Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, …
“Amoruso teaches the innovative and entrepreneurial among us to play to our strengths, learn from our mistakes, and know when to break a few of the traditional rules.” ~ Vanity Fair In this bestseller Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers …
“This is a wonderful book. It captures Max’s spirit—and he’s a truly exceptional person. But it also says more about leadership in clearer, more elegant, and more convincing language than many of the much longer books that have been published on the subject.” ~ Peter F. Drucker De Pree looks …
“Illuminating.… It’s relevance to readers won’t end with the Trump era.” ~ Publishers Weekly Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The …
CEOs. Leaders without titles. Startups. Corporations. For-profits. Nonprofits. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do – you want to become the best. You want to win, every time. Horst Schulze knows how to win. In Excellence Wins, Schulze, in his absolute no-nonsense approach, shares the visionary and …
Companies can no longer assume innovation will “just happen”—it must be seeded, grown, and successfully harvested. They must “disrupt themselves”. It is based on the experience of the author (Simone Ahuja) who has worked with Fortune 500 companies. In fact, Ahuja identifies the intrapreneurial archetype and presents eight new principles …
“Humility may be the modern leader’s most important attribute. In a complex, dynamic world, humility is simply realism.” ~Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School The traditional forms of leadership that are based on professional distance between leaders and followers are becoming outdated and ineffective. As organizations face more complex interdependent …
“I just really needed people to follow me. I needed them to be pleased and I wanted them to like me…I wasn’t leading people, I was chasing them.” ~ John C. Maxwell Business Insider has identified John C. Maxwell as the most influential leadership expert in the world. Above all, …
“A thoughtfully written, persuasive account explaining emotional intelligence and why it can be crucial to your career.”~ USA Today First of all, everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman has created a brilliant …
What makes a successful CEO? Most people have a standard definition: “a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise.” Others might point to the qualities of today’s so-called celebrity CEOs: charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident management style. But what really matters when you run an organization? What is the …
This book will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In fact, Ron Williams provides you with practical and tested leadership advice. If you’re searching for a new career or seeking to transform your organization, this is the book for you. The book …
It would be great to have a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day. It is already happening today. In many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things. Simon Sinek …
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