View from the Top

You’ve heard it a million times: “These are unprecedented times.” Are you ready for a hot take? We’re always in unprecedented times. The present reality is always being referred to […]

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General Project Management, Project Leadership, View from the Top

The Mutual Relationship between Performance Management and Project Management

Performance management is not just a function of human resource. Project and portfolio management is another great context for this process. Projects are the engine that drive an organization toward […]

adminFeb 07 business case, business value, HR, Human Resources, job performance, KPI, KPIs, performance management, portfolio management, PPM, Project Management No Comments

General Posts, Project Staffing, View from the Top

How to know if an interview really went well

Staffing firms get to hear both the candidate and interview perspective on interviews. Time-and-time again, we see candidates coming out of an interview glowing and thinking it went great while […]

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General Project Management, IT, Project Portfolio Management, View from the Top

The Missing Link Project-Based Organizations Need to Address (And It’s Not a Chief AI or BI Officer)

The Answer Isn’t ALWAYS AI and Big Data There is a recent craze toward creating executive leadership around big data and artificial intelligence, but that is putting the cart before […]

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View from the Corner Office: Costliest Lesson I’ve Learned As an Entrepreneur

People say non-competes are toothless pacts that are unlikely to come back and bite you. There’s some truth that there’s almost always a way to wriggle out of those stipulations, […]

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General Posts, View from the Top

View from the Top: Do Politics Have a Place in the Office?

Project Assistants CEO Gus Cicala provide his view of what is going on in the business world and what it might mean for your organization. Political talk in the workplace […]

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Events, Project Leadership, Project Staffing, Theory, View from the Top

Presenting: New Project Staffing White Paper

We are thrilled to announce the release of our third white paper this year, this time on project management staffing. As always, we wanted to give our loyal followers of […]

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Events, General Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Theory, View from the Top

Presenting: New EPMO White Paper

We have developed an Enterprise Project Management Office white paper, and we wanted to provide it for free for our loyal blog followers. At 5,000 words and over a dozen […]

adminJan 10 best practices, Enterprise Project Management Office, EPMO, People Process Technology, PM, PM Theory, PMO, portfolio management, PPM, PPM Theory, Project Management, Project Management Office, Project Management Theory Comments Disabled

Risk Management, Theory, View from the Top

The Risk of Risk Management: Why it feels so wrong to do what’s right

When unplanned events arise, there are severe repercussions for the projects you are accountable for. Yet, project risk management typically has an unpleasant connotation.Trying to sell executives on risk management […]

adminFeb 19 Project Management, Risk Management Comments Disabled

Current Events, General Project Management, View from the Top

View from the Top: 2015 Perspective – Stakes Rising for Project Management

Project Assistants CEO Gus Cicala will write quarterly contributions for the blog that provide his view of what is going on in the world of project management and what it […]

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