Human Resources Management

... motivation, leadership, empathy etc, but they all come down to your ability as a PM to keep your staff happy, contented and, basically, on your side. The first rule regarding this and managing human resources is to make Health and Safety a priority. Read the rest of this entry »

Get The Basics Right

The record producer is in effect a PM. Record producers could, and would if allowed, tweak and alter a recording ad infinitum. The reality is the record label will have a date set for the release of the record so – at that point, the records is as good/perfect as it can be within the time constraint. On that basis, you will know what you want to happen in the project and you know what the time constraints are for the project ... Read the rest of this entry »

Importance of Reputation

Internet users become aware that taking care of their reputation on websites gets more important than ever. Especially when you want to find a new job or start a new project it will happen, that people use search engines for finding your name and will probably see negative things about you. The pictures of the last beach holiday or birthday party, blog posts by angry ex-girlfriends or ex-boyfriends, your name on scam sites, funny videos about you and also personal rants in forums can be found easily and may harm your chances to get big in business.

What can I do?

Online Reputation Management

What do people think about you and your business?

To get a better reputation it’s necessary to get these posts deleted by contacting the webmasters or deleting them by yourself. Don’t forget to offer reasons for your removal request, because this boosts the chances that it gets removed. If someone published pictures without your permission, you can contact them and claim for your right on your own pictures. Copyright infringements are no bagatelle anymore.  But be careful, even if articles and pictures are deleted, it can happen that they are saved in the cache or in internet archives. Probably someone also saved the unwanted pictures and videos about you and shares them again. It is like a never-ending loop and that is the reason why you have to check and monitor your reputation regularly.

You can also try to develop positive articles about you. Get a Twitter and LinkedIn account and show your skills to the world. If you have enough positive content about and by you, then the bad ones can be easier ignored. Don’t forget to share useful information with the public and try to avoid bad things! Think twice before you publish anything online.

Business Problems

Especially for companies online reputation management is more important than ever.

When you have a business then it can be really frustrating to read bad reviews on several websites about your products and service.  Sometimes it’s a good idea to react to the reviews or write apologies to the authors. If you show that you care about your clients, then the feedback might get neutral or positive after a while.

Professional help

Online Reputation Management is the keyword, which helps a lot of people to get a better PR for themselves! There exist several professional services specializing in to improvements of reputation, especially if you don’t know where to start or if you find so much negative content that you feel helpless and overstrained. Online Reputation Management is an ongoing process and is really time consuming because you have to monitor the search engines and social media sites. Online Reputation Management Services know all the tactics to suppress the negative content and to get better results for your name in the search engines. Hiring a service is not always cheap, but it’s worth the money. They do what you perhaps are not able to achieve alone. You can find an Overview of Repuation.com.

With the help of these tips you might be able to improve your reputation and get more chances on the market. It might even help you in your private life. Don’t forget that reputation always matters!

Project Management Brilliance

... to show brilliance as a PM is to become a specialist in one particular field. There are some Project Managers who think they can PM a job in any field of work. Whilst it is possible to work as a PM across various aspects of commerce and industry – to really be a brilliant Project Manager you have to know and fully understand the business that you are Project Managing. Read the rest of this entry »

Using PM Software

Time was and Project Managers would spend much of their day sat at their desk planning and monitoring with their PM software. ... by using a Project Management app, capable of liaising with the desktop version of the PM software being used, you can be away from your desk far more of the time. This will improve your effectiveness by allowing you to be ... Read the rest of this entry »

Avoiding Common Mistakes

... you may well have the experience of a Project Manager mentor working with you, that you can refer to to help you to avoid making the common PM mistakes. However, if as a novice Project Manager you find yourself working on your own with minimal support – what are those common PM mistakes that you really should avoid? Read the rest of this entry »

PM In The Cloud

When it comes to PM work, the biggest advantage of doing PM in the cloud is that you can be assured that all of the project files are in one place and, significantly, that they can be easily accessed on an anywhere and any time basis, whilst you can still have control over who has access to the data stored in the cloud. The reason for this is that, if you don't already know, cloud computing means that you use internet servers to store all the data ... Read the rest of this entry »

Be An Improving Leader

Any weakness will inevitably affect your performance in one way or another; and so being constantly aware of the possibility that a weakness could result in an objective being missed or taking longer than it should to achieve must be considered. A strong leader will be prepared to accept ... Read the rest of this entry »

Lead Don’t Boss

... now to remind you of the importance of the “lead don't boss” philosophy behind all good PMs. The essence of that philosophy is really quite simple – anyone can ensure that they achieve the required objectives in a project by dominating the workforce, but by leading the workforce ... Read the rest of this entry »

The Improving Project Manager

... you don't want to be distracted from getting on with being a successful PM through collating notes on all the good and bad things that happen during a project, nor should you leave doing it until the project is nearly completed. So, like any task you instigate as the PM – make sure that you involve others in collating a dossier of all the things that it'll be important learn from during the life of the project. Also, ... Read the rest of this entry »
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