How can you avoid deluging your co-workers with messages and use the right communication tool wisely? Mara has a few tips for you....

Hearing a lot of grumbling when you try to implement changes? Disappointed by the lack of recognition for your efforts? Don’t lose...

Creating synergy between an internal team and an external consultant – a winning strategy! Your board of directors engages an external...

In theory, we all agree that two heads are better than one. Yet in practice, we sometimes struggle to take fully on board the suggestions...

Once a project manager, always a project manager​ This post comes following a conversation with my sister where she listed everything she...

Yes, but what are they managing? Last week I ran a workshop on project management with the management team of a company. Together we...

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. – Ford Project manager; what a great job! Each...

Your higher-ups are constantly asking your team for progress reports and it’s just slowing everybody down. What can you do ? See what...

Help! My boss confides me which does not interest me – or that I don’t even believe in! This is a serious issue. The success of a project...

You’re trying to be transparent about your opinions, and that keeps biting you back? Mara’s advice to nuance your communications might...

You are a leader. You are expected to make decisions and yet you are paralysed by the weight of that responsibility. Don’t worry, all is...

Managing a project is like preparing a meal. Just about anyone can get food on the table. But pulling off a five-course meal for a large...

When is the right time to announce that there might be hurdles ahead? As early as possible! The need for additional financing for...

Who hasn’t heard a colleague complain about having too many meetings or wasting time attending a conference that is pretty, or even...