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Program manager vs. project manager—roles with titles that similar couldn’t possibly be too different, right? Wrong! While program managers and project managers share similar responsibilities, there are key differences between the two positions. So whether you’re considering either as a future career or are looking to understand how these two camps might work better together, it’s important to know how Continue Reading
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“This isn’t what we wanted!” “No, you have to do it this way.” “When this project fails, don’t say I didn’t warn you.” If you haven’t dealt with a difficult stakeholder yet, don’t worry. You will soon. This means you must arm yourself with strategies to deal with them amicably and continue working on the project despite possible roadblocks. We Continue Reading
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When the heat is on, Katie Breen isn’t afraid to stay in the kitchen. “Marketing project management” isn’t a mouth-watering phrase for most people, but the subject matter is hard to resist for Katie. That’s because she works at Green Chef, the only foodie-driven meal kit delivery provider. With a team of world-class chefs cooking up new products weekly, Katie Continue Reading
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Meet Stephen. He’s an engineer for a large software company and works out of the organization’s San Francisco office. He’s tackling a challenging new project, and he knows the engineers in the company’s office in Sydney, Australia, have already done something similar. He schedules a video chat with some select members of the Sydney team hoping to rely on their Continue Reading
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We’ve uncovered three reasons managers may have unrealistic expectations about their teams’ capabilities and discovered specific tactics they can use to get everyone in sync and moving forward. Reason 1: They’re Overconfident Everyone is inherently biased to view their own work as favorable. Psychologists call this phenomenon illusory superiority. Because we tend to view our own abilities as better than Continue Reading
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We’ve all seen idyllic 8mm home movies from summer vacations of bygone eras. A swim-capped child waves at the camera before cannonballing into a lake. An apron-wearing dad sips a beer and flips burgers. A mom in horn-rimmed glasses waves sparklers in the air as the evening sky turns pink over the ocean. These were the vacations we thought we’d Continue Reading
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