Category: Leadership
Why Your Agile Implementation Failed
Join IIL’s virtual conference on Thursday, May 4th for more insights on Agile, Scrum, and Kanban. By Roy Schilling At one point in my career, I was a manager in a large financial organization.…
The Common Traits of Exceptional Leaders — A Live Case Study
by Sofia Zafeiri For a significant period of my student life and as a Communications Professional, I’ve been wondering which personality traits are the ones that I need to work on to make…
How to brand yourself on LinkedIn
With approximately 467 million users in 200 countries, LinkedIn is undoubtedly the largest Professional Network on Social Media. Yet, there seems to be a significant number of users who ignore the…
They’re Developing Project Leadership Skills One Boat at a Time
Image by Stephanie Aaronson By J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CSM, GWCPM, SCPM | Executive Vice President – Enterprise Solutions, IIL Susan Crown is a philanthropist. A member of the billionaire…
Why You Should Give Your Organization the Option to Fail
By Joel “Thor” Neeb | President – Afterburner I spent 17 years in the U.S. Air Force as a trainer pilot and fighter pilot. As I gained more experience as an instructor I would…
How to Get Your Project Team to Speak Up in Meetings
By J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CSM, GWCPM, SCPM Executive Vice President – Enterprise Solutions, IIL I’ve never been a “big meeting” kind of guy. While many people find it hard to believe, I’m an…
Acknowledging the “Unseen” for their Contributions!
By Judith W. Umlas Sr. Vice President, Author, and Trainer – IIL Before the holidays, I asked IIL VP of Worldwide Distribution Steve Osborn for the home address of someone in our company who had…
Want to Be a Better Project Leader? Start Asking for Feedback
By J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CSM, GWCPM, SCPM Executive Vice President – Enterprise Solutions, IIL You probably haven’t heard of Barbara Mistick, but she did what I should have done many…
Reinventing Yourself and Pursuing Your Passion!
By Judith W. Umlas Sr. Vice President, Author, and Trainer – IIL Originally published on www.joanlunden.com. Quite a few years ago, when I was a full-time professional in the television…