What is escalation and why is it needed in the leadership management process? This is the process whereby a project manager can flag issues or potential roadblocks that relate to the project and which can jeopardize its delivery to higher level such as senior stakeholders / sponsors of a project in order to highlight it […]
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Weekly or Bi-Weekly calls are regularly timetabled calls or in-person meetings (or a combination of both) to communicate all the relevant information and updates related to a project that a team are working on. The weekly project meeting is exclusively for the project team itself and differs from a stakeholder meeting which has less regularly,
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There are 4 main stages relating to a Project team’s development and as a Project Manager it is important to know and appreciate each one to assist with and ensure that a project progresses to successful completion. These stages are strongly associated with PMP. Let us go through each stage in sequential order and outline
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Recently, I had the pleasure of having a business meeting with a freelancer in Hobe Sound, Florida. During my business stay in the U.S. I was anxious to learn as much as possible about the freelance market there. My new American business acquaintance was kind enough to go through the process with me. In addition,
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In August 1815, while sailing from Gibraltar to Cape Verde a merchant ship got wrecked in a fog off the Western coast of Morocco. Shipwrecked as they were on the edge of the Sahara they quickly ran out of food and more importantly, water. This was the unlucky fate of American Captain James Riley and
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When the Celts are described it can often be with a negative connotation. They have been described as barbaric. Barbarian, in itself, leads you to think of uncivilised, wild and warlike. The word Barbarian actually derives from the Greek expression to describe anyone who was non-Greek. In actuality, the Celts were anything but uncivilised. They
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Everyone likes a good cup of coffee even though the beverage of choice in Ireland and the UK continues to be tea. But as you enjoy your 1st, or 2nd cup of coffee of the day have you ever considered its origins or its continual impact on business, both historic and contemporary? Accounts differ, some
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The Gordian Knot is a legend strongly associated with Alexander the Great. When Alexander entered the capital of Phrygia, he was confronted with the Gordian Knot. This was a knot tied so intricately and so tightly that it was deemed impossible to open and no one had ever managed to open it in many years
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We live in a digital age, that’s for sure and there isn’t anyway of dialing back on it. It has led to lots of challenges for all of us. At Accounting Pro we believe in a personal approach – picking up the phone, making and receiving calls to our clients and business partners, and/or meeting
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Recently I watched The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, the 2018 documentary about the great man himself. The documentary recounts tales of Bill being a happy go lucky guy, gate-crashing parties, joining in on random softball parties and going to dinner parties of people he vaguely knows, turning up announced.
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