ANR #65: HBR Project Manage your Personal Brand & First MasterClass in Brazil!
By now, most professionals recognize the value of having a strong personal brand. After all, if you’re not associated with particular concepts, strengths, characteristics, or viewpoints, you’re probably invisible inside your organization.
ANR #64: Welcome Chief Project Officer & A New and Accessible Way of Being Mentored
With the rise of the Project Economy, one of the most emblematic roles, the Chief Operating Officer, is coming to an end. And it is being replaced by the role of the Chief Project Officer, who will be accountable for bringing a considerable portion of an organization's revenues, not deliverables and reports.
ANR #62: Invitation HBR Webinar and some insights about the journey
I am happy to invite you to the first HBR webinar in Project Management - at least in the past 7 years - that will take place next Wednesday 8th Dec, from 1 pm to 2 pm UK time. Registration here. Feel free to share with other colleagues and hope to see you there!
ANR #61: Harvard Business Review – Spotlight Project Management and The Project Economy
I am very happy to share with you that the current issue of Harvard Business Review printed magazine has Project Management and my article, "The Project Economy Has Arrived" in the spotlight, including the editorial from their chief editor, Adi Ignatius.
ANR #60: LinkedIn Learning – Modern Project Management for Executives Sponsors and non-PMs
This summer we recorded the following two LinkedIn Learning courses, which apply the same principles as when I started teaching: simple, fun, and impactful: a) Project Management Reinvented for Non-Project Managers; b) How to Be an Effective Project Sponsor.
ANR #59: Executive Project Sponsors: addressing the weakest link in Projects
An inadequate and untrained sponsor in a project frequently leads to an unhappy team and almost inevitable project failure. Meet the executive sponsor to tell them the importance of the role and offer your assistance to coach them through the project.
ANR #58: Essential competencies post pandemic according to McKinsey: Project Management
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
ANR #56: Five Disruptive Trends in Project Management for 2021 and Beyond
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
ANR #55: HBR survey on Project Management – Need Your Help
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
ANR #52: Strategy Implementation Professional certification in partnership with APMG
The Strategy Implementation Institute has the pleasure to announce a partnership agreement with APMG International, one of the largest and most respected professional accreditation organizations, to increase competencies and recognition of implementation specialists.
ANR #50: HBR: “When is a Project a Project?” with Whitney Johnson | Corporate Rebels Interview
I firmly believe that it is time that we co-create the Project Manifesto. My proposal is composed of the 12 guiding principles that you can see below. Appreciate if you can share your thoughts, add or challenge them, and ultimately endorse the Manifesto.
ANR #45: Roger Martin – World’s #1 Management Thinker
There is no better way to finish a year full of exciting news with Roger Martin. Roger has an extraordinary career, full of achievements and recognitions. In 2017 he was named the world’s #1 management thinker by Thinkers50. He has published 25 articles in Harvard Business Review and 11 bestselling books!
ANR #37: Thinkers50 Awards – Thank You!
Last Monday I had the pleasure to participate in the Thinkers50 Gala in London, an event that is considered by the Financial Times the “Oscars” of Management and Leadership thinking. I always wondered what it would be participating at the Oscars and receiving one of the Awards. Well, it happened.
ANR #19: 3 Leadership lessons from Dubai any Executive and MBA can learn
Every big project accomplished, like the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, welcomes the visitor with one of the bold statements. This approach to ruling a region is inspirational to the business community, which is seen as the perfect partner in helping the government implement the strategic plan.
ANR #17: “Mitigating the risks of Failing Projects” : Interview for The Economist Intelligence Unit
I did this interview for The Economist’s Intelligence Unit five years ago for an article on "Mitigating project portfolio risks in the financial services industry" on how companies track projects to mitigate risks...
ANR #4: Why top Business Schools don’t teach Project Management to their MBAs?
Wharton, Insead, Harvard, Stanford, London Business School, Columbia, IMD, MIT, Instituto de Empresa, Chicago,...the world most prestigious business schools, don't teach project management as a core course to the future business leaders as part of their flagship MBA programmes.