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Operational? Inspirational? Which Stoneseeder best fits your need?

Project Management Advice / David Cotgreave

Stoneseed engagements tend to fall into two categories – “Operate” or “Advisory”. Or as a colleague put it this week … “operational” or “inspirational”. Stoneseed employs a team of Project Management and Technical Professionals, delivering services through a flexible, on-demand resourcing model PMaaS (Project Management as a Service). From strategy to service delivery, this cost-effective […]

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Project Management Advice / David Cotgreave

David writes blogs based on his many years in Project Management and also on ideas from the team here at Stoneseed. Light-hearted, insightful and funny, David’s blog cover all things Project Management, Leadership, Best Practice, PMO, Business Analysis and of course Project Management as a Service.

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Embracing a new era of agility in project management

Project Management Basics / MS

Agile was created for the software development industry but it was such a success that its application saw its rapid uptake in other industries as well. Agility is an essential tool that can help make the leap to the true digital age more efficient. A good project manager course such as APM PFQ – the

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How to manage conflict with stakeholders

Insights / MS

Communicating with a wide range of individuals is a significant part of the role of the project manager. From new team members to seasoned ones, suppliers to stakeholders, the ways in which a project manager is required to conduct their communication will be different from one group to another. The group that is, however, most

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Hiring IT talent. Why cultural fit matters and how to achieve it

Insights / Adam Morrel

Every year, it seems that hiring and retaining the best talent gets harder. Especially when the best talent now has infinitely more opportunities than ever before. I feel your pain. Say you’re an IT firm and you have a best in class Project Manager, time was that you’d perhaps look over your shoulder at the

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The Yin and Yang of Project Management

Project Management Advice / MS

Project management can sometimes seem to be a job of opposites – sometimes sitting in front of your screen preparing project plans, documentation and reports. But at other times you’re out and about sorting out problems that could impact the project’s success or diplomatically resolving personality clashes that could lead to a crisis. And whether

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4 Most Common Project Management Mistakes That Lead To Project Failure

Project Management Basics / Guest

A project manager often manages various projects simultaneously and is responsible for making sure that there are no project management mistakes, because even a simple mistake can cause the project to fail. But still, organizations, as well as project managers, tend to make some common mistakes. Reworking on these mistakes seriously hinders the project’s success.

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6 steps to never making another bad hire

Six steps to never making another bad IT hire

Insights / Adam Morrel

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once said that his bad hires had cost the company “well over $100 million.” Whilst it’s reassuring that a firm that usually gets everything so right … occasionally doesn’t … it is mind boggling how much a bad hire can cost. I mean, there’s the obvious cost of having to recruit

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You are not an IT Project Manager. You are not a CIO. How you are so much more!

Project Management Basics / David Cotgreave

I was with a Project Manager friend, Steve, for a catch up this week when an old friend walked into the coffee house we were in. I introduced the old friend, Liz, to Steve and invited her to join us. After a few minutes, Liz asked Steve, “So, what do you do?” What would you

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The importance of Diversity & Inclusion in training programmes

Insights / MS

The topics of diversity & inclusion in the workplace have become more important than ever. As technology advances, employers realise it is much easier than they realised for people from all over the country, or even the world, to work together. Whilst these may well be subjects that you have already heard about there has

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