Are you the jam in the sandwich? Are you or your team under pressure to maximise the revenue of your client portfolio, yet wanting to represent their needs and requirements properly? How can you ensure you’re getting the most you can from your clients without rocking the boat? Do you have a plan? Course Synopsis […]
Do you negotiate with yourself and lose? We all negotiate in our lives and careers, but do we prepare properly or do we leave feeling we could have got a better deal or terms? There are so many opportunities and yet so many traps too. So what if we could negotiate naturally, working with others […]
If you don't know your project costs, how can you possibly give a price? Proper estimation of project timing and costs are vital in any project, especially one where a customer wants to know the price before signing a contract. They might even ask for fixed price, leaving you in a quandary of not knowing […]
Do you know what project managers really do? Let's find out quickly (in just half a day) ... If you've been asked to take part in a project, there's a lot going on. You need to help and get on board, so wouldn't it be good to know what a project is all about and […]
Can you properly and express the true return on investment your project is going to deliver? The more we climb the rungs of our company ladder the more we encounter senior stakeholders who are interested in only one thing - money. To gain their attention we need to understand the value that our projects are […]
What do you do when it all goes wrong? Risks are everywhere, and sometimes a chain of events can take the best laid project plans right off the rails. Prevention is better than cure, but are you ready for both? Because after all, as a project manager you're responsible even if it isn't your fault. […]
Are you stuck in a quagmire of politics? Promising projects can often be threatened or even come to a stick end when people are involved. And people - stakeholders - are in every project that ever runs. So can you navigate this delicate world and keep most of the people happy for most of the […]
Can you really only ask once? A survey or questionnaire is often an ideal tool to obtain and analyse data - whether from our staff, our customers or the general public. But are you sure you can draw watertight conclusions from the responses you receive? It all depends on your design, the questions you ask […]
Well then why don't you show me? Our two-day Project Management Launchpad course gives you all the skills that you and your team need to get started and get cracking together on projects back at work. But how would it be if we had a third day to plan, execute and produce a real deliverable? […]
So, you're certified then? If you're fairly new to running projects, or you're a valuable project team member, how would it be if you could earn a certification to prove you know something about project management? We don't recommend you leave your current job of course, but it's nice to have something employers value, isn't […]
That's not what I want! Is this the cry of your users, customers and other stakeholders? Do they complain about what's included and not included? Or worse, if what you're delivering not meet their business needs? What if you could get it right first time? Course Synopsis Ensuring that stakeholders not only get what they […]
Can you properly and express the true return on investment your project is going to deliver? The more we climb the rungs of our company ladder the more we encounter senior stakeholders who are interested in only one thing - money. To gain their attention we need to understand the value that our projects are […]