Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Culture”
Why do we struggle so much to ask for help or even accept help when offered? Is it pride? Is there a place in our minds where we think they don’t really mean it – it’s just a formality right? If I ask for help does that make me look weak? Does it make me look stupid? Will people think …
The majority of us have been there. We end up working with “that” person who just doesn’t want to do their job. They seem to not care that they aren’t doing it well and have no real desire to sort themselves out. In fact, it gets much worse. They end up draining the life and motivation of all those around …
I was recently inspired by the #LikeAGirl campaign by Always. If you haven’t seen it – check it out below: The campaign asks a bunch of older people what it means to do certain activities like a girl. What does it look like to run like a girl, fight like a girl, throw like a girl etc? People responded in …
When I was young my parents would always say – you are so clever, you are so smart etc. Whilst I felt it was encouraging it made me feel like I could not fail. In fact, I was afraid of failure. I was afraid that if I tripped up and made a mistake that my identity of being smart or …
As a leader or manager, you may be put in a position where you need to measure the performance of those in your team or your direct reports. Each company does it their own way but with so many ideas floating around what is the most effective way to measure performance? How can you stay relevant as a leader and …
Overview When you are managing a project you are managing a team; you are managing people (until we start managing robots and AI’s!). People are fragile beings that have a performance gauge, which you as the Project Manager can directly influence. Your attitude and actions can allow your team to perform exceptionally well or exceptionally poorly or anywhere in-between. If …
Overview As humans we will always make mistakes and will always fail someone or fail at trying to achieve something, to think of this as something that will never impact you is foolish – and I’m sure most of you have already experienced this to some extent. What I have come to accept is that I will never be the …
Why you need to care about project and company culture The culture defined by your company can have a huge impact on how projects and the company as a whole perform. However, although projects might inherit aspects of the company culture they can have their own “micro-cultures” and it is up to you as a team to agree upon and …
