Career development and project management tips for project managers
The 2010 Winter Olympics will forever be scarred by the death of an Olympian even before the opening ceremony. Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, crashed in the final turn of the track during a training run and was killed. The track was simply too fast. Even the gold medal favourite, Italy’s Armin Zöggeler, came off his … Read more
Hello, my name is Wan How. I’m a career and project management coach. I’d like to start with a spoiler alert. Stop now if you haven’t watched all the episodes of Wanda vision. As you can tell I’m an Avengers fan and I’ve been following, with my family, the Disney TV series Wanda Vision. It’s … Read more
The World Economic Forum released The Future of Jobs Report in October 2020. In it, project manager ranked 11th in the top 20 jobs in increasing demand across all industries. That’s good news for PMs, but what are the 10 roles listed above project management jobs? What are the top 20 jobs in decline over … Read more
What does it mean to live and work within your sweet spot? As chance would have it, one night as I was YouTube surfing, I discovered Tift Merritt, an up and coming singer-songwriter who wrote a song called Sweet Spot. It starts off with this line, “Nothing fancy, nothing fake.” When you live from your … Read more
Mastering Zoom is part of your project management communication skillset, one of 5 Project Management Skills for the Future. This is an update with of a post from last year. I will cover some additional Zoom tips and tricks for common scenarios that you may encounter, including: How to set up a host-less Zoom Meetings … Read more
I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself instead of a life that others expected of me. That’s the number one regret of people at the end of their lives. Bronnie Ware was an Australian nurse who worked in palliative care over several years. She had a front row seat … Read more
Hello, my name is Wan How. I’m a career and project management coach. After a dismal record of only one gold medal in 76 years, British cyclists finally won seven gold medals in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and followed that with another seven gold medals in the London Olympics in 2012. How did they … Read more
Join Darth Vader to learn about the dark side of project management. Do you want to know how to boost your productivity? One way is to play more. Playing relieves stress, improves brain function, stimulates the mind and boosts creativity. That’s according to the National Institute for Play. Over the holidays, my family and I … Read more
Hello, my name is Wan How. I’m a career and project management coach. We’re now in February and you may be starting to feel overwhelmed. Projects that were due in December last year we’re postponed to January. Even though they have not been completed, new projects have been assigned to you. People were let go … Read more
Hello, my name is Wan How. I’m a career and project management coach. We’re now in January and many of you would have made new year resolutions. If you have not, consider this one: becoming better at time management. Many of us are working from home and there’s less of a barrier between work and … Read more