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This CEO Moved His Company to a 4 Day Work Week – Here’s What Happened!

By Stuart Taylor on May 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Dealing with a Difficult Boss

By Stuart Taylor on May 6, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

How Much I Earn from Project Management

By Stuart Taylor on May 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Transitioning From the Military to Project Management

By Stuart Taylor on April 19, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

What are Project Deliverables, Milestones and Activities?

By Stuart Taylor on March 28, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

FREE Risk Register Template

By Stuart Taylor on February 16, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Sabotage The PMO…With Betrayal

By Stuart Taylor on July 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

All of the PMOs in the meeting room looked anxious. Not me though, I was a perm at the time so I knew getting rid of me would be a little trickier. […]

The Influential PMO and the Worst Project Management Joke Ever

By Stuart Taylor on July 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Slight departure from the theme of the blog… With every business I work at, really – all of them, I find a project manager that can’t plan. And every time I make […]

Sabotage The Project – Lack of Basic Skills

By Stuart Taylor on July 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

“…so basically we need some more guidance from the Central PMO on this.” “Okay,” I reply into the headset, “just to be certain I’ve captured this request correctly. You need some additional […]

Sabotage The Project – Eyes Off the Target

By Stuart Taylor on July 7, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

I was supposed to start this blog with a quote.  A really good one.  But I’ve somehow forgotten it.  I’ve spent all evening Googling variations, looking on quote websites.  It’s hopeless.  But […]

Sabotage the PMO…with Unnecessary Job Titles

By Stuart Taylor on July 3, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

Ring ring.  “Hello.” “Hi, it’s So & So from Agency That Sounds Vaguely Familiar. I found the CV you uploaded yesterday to FindMeAnotherJobASAP.com I’m calling to see if you’re in the market […]

Sabotage The PMO…with Impossible Reconciliations

By Stuart Taylor on July 1, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

“Hey, could you have a chat with finance?  Their figures don’t match ours.” “They’re not going to,” I shrug, “but don’t worry, I’ll check them out but they’re both likely to be […]

Sabotage The Project – Lessons Not Learned

By Stuart Taylor on June 21, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The PM was irritated.  “I know what I’m doing,” he snapped.  No doubt, he had a background in delivering this type of project and was pretty good at it.  He was one […]

The Silent PMO…Gets Fired

By Stuart Taylor on June 18, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Hey colleague.  Where did it all go wrong?  You did what they asked (packs, minutes, meeting set up), you showed up every day and put your hours in, yet suddenly you got […]

Sabotage the PMO… with Packs

By Stuart Taylor on June 17, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

It was after the third time of asking that I realised I was screwed.  I’d said to the Programme Manager “Are you sure you don’t want me to demonstrate the alignment of […]

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