One of my (many) pet hates is courses that pretend to teach Project Management when in fact they are teaching people skills. Certainly project managers need people skills – and often lack them – in fact people problems might be the biggest cause of project failure. But don’t call it a Project Management course, call […]
I’m fed up with Values
I’m SO bored with Values statements “Our brand / company values are Honesty, Quality, Entrepreneurship, and Responsibility. Or Integrity, Relationships, Fun, bla bla bla”. I overhead someone at breakfast in the hotel today saying to his colleague “I loved the discussion about values yesterday, it really brought home to me what this company is all about”. […]