The problem we have come across…. Many of the managers we coach complain about not getting their message across, or getting flustered in important meetings. Often their communication just doesn’t get the message across. They often feel as though no one is listening. At times the outcomes from the communication [...]

The highest leverage point to improve business performance is culture. It undergirds an organization, enabling the execution of its strategy, the achievement of its goals, and the fulfilment of its mission. Over 50 years ago, Myles Mace in a book called ‘The Growth and Development of Executives’ published by Harvard [...]

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contract management in projects December 2012

In the article below, you can see the the future of training and education. ProjectCoach takes this to another level by using the resources in a targetted way to deliver outcomes for organisations and individuals Online open education: yes, this is the game changer By Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne [...]

Interesting article follows. Our view is that the organisation that offers coaching with defined approaches to achieving outcomes, utilising the plethora of on line information, is way ahead of the university. When courses are free online, what’s left for universities to sell? By Andrew Norton, Grattan Institute When some of [...]

A very interesting article, leads one to a conclusion that perhaps Lecturers need to become Coaches, which means that real work experience will give them the edge. Or, that Coaches, with a wealth of experience provide better value for money, and are able to point learners in the right direction [...]

Michael was the project manager for a significant project being delivered by a government agency in Australia. He was very interested in the way in which Australia provided aid to developing countries. He was particularly interested in the way in which Australia imposed conditions on the aid that it provided. [...]

The MDs dilemma The managing director reported to the board that there was a significant skills gap creating a problem for the organisation. The managing director however, did state that the organisation was not alone in this. Apparently nearly eight in 10 firms admit to carrying a gap in their [...]

A website, or internet portal, or place that you get to from your computer. A source of information, guidance, previous work that you can use as a base for developing your project. Somewhere that you can share information with other people. A place where, if you ask a question, no [...]

My friend advised the senior manager ( see previous blog for the background ) with a brief of tasks to be completed to put together a submission that might have had a chance of being successful. She pointed out that the final submission was not required within the next two [...]

A friend approached me today. She had been instructed to prepare a submission for the organisation she works for. This submission was to put forward one of her organisation’s projects for an Industry award. My friend had no knowledge of the project, and advised the senior manager of this, and [...]

Take the test; go on, what have you got to lose? It’s free. No one else will know that you have taken it. Maybe, you will learn something. As a project manager, who believes that they are a high performer, are you being recompensed at the level that you believe [...]

Our proposal for development of your project management office Our understanding of your needs You are in the following situation The people in your organization are demotivated, performing in a way that is far from their potential. Projects are identified in an ad hoc manner. Sometimes a project initiation brief [...]

I’ve often been asked to describe how a project manager can deal with problems outside of their control. -Weather. -Latent conditions. -Disasters. -Unions. Most project managers rely on the well known “nothing I can do. That’s someone else’s problem”. “We’ll just ask for more money and time when and if [...]

We all know when we are working in a good team. Don’t we? One  question is, when we’re not working in a good team, why doesn’t someone do something about it ? Another question is, what is it that makes a good team? A bit of this, a bit of [...]

“I cant get no satisfaction, and I try and I try…. I cant get no satisfaction “, from Mick Jagger. “Then a hero arose, a funny looking dog with a big black nose…. Snoopy fired once, then he fired twice, and the bloody red baron went rolling out of sight” [...]

 Apparently it is the usual state of human affairs, and generally people feel less happy than we would expect. So, if your people are looking down in the dumps, listless, uninterested, don’t self flagellate. Is it important that people are motivated? The general consensus is that it is important, because [...]

“……a significant pick-up in productivity growth would be required to sustain real income growth around the rates seen in recent decades,” the RBA board minutes warn. Coaching is a key component of increasing productivity. “Average productivity can improve as firms move toward the best available technology; plants and firms with [...]