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How to Finish Your PMP Exam in Under 4 Hours

The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the world’s leading certification for project managers. There are currently 750,000+ certificate holders worldwide. Because of the certification’s popularity,...

What Leadership Really Means and Why We Need It

No matter how small (or big) the team you're trying to lead is, there're always challenges that make leadership difficult. Maybe your team is experiencing some setbacks and the morale is kind of low at the moment. Maybe...

Top 15 Management Skills Successful Managers Have

Not all managers succeed at management. Harvard Business Review notes that the job of a manager is to take an individual’s talent and turn it into performance. While this is a pretty simple way to look at it, it’s true....

Surviving Work

How to Be Influential and Gain Respect at Work

We all want to be respected at work. Respected for what we accomplish. Respected for our input and ideas. It’s a great feeling to know that we are contributing in a meaningful way that gains the respect of others. It’s...

Is People Management the Right Career Path for You?

Even though career paths are no longer linear, the title and position structures of many professions have not adjusted to the changing nature of work and how people are navigating their careers. In many professional...

Leadership

9 Effective Team Management Strategies

So, you’ve been promoted to manager and now you are responsible for a team. Whereas before, you only had to worry about your own work, you are now in charge of an entire project, and every aspect of it as well. It can...

Luthas Ciphers Book Club

20 Best Management Books That Will Make You a Great Leader

What makes a person a great leader? Is it a magnetic personality? Is it having a bold vision or confidence? I would argue that all of these traits are possessed by great leaders. But how do you acquire these attributes?...

What Makes an Authentic Leader? 5 Examples

You’ve no doubt heard the warning that employees frequently resign because of bad bosses, not bad companies. This may seem like a scary warning until you consider that the reverse is true. A full 56% of professionals...

Leadership

Become a Transformational Leader In Your Industry

Want to become a visionary leader who truly makes an impact in your industry? Sounds like you want to become a transformational leader, people with a unique skill set whom excel at motivating and guiding a team to...

Dealing with Procrastination

12 Weekly Challenges For Happier, More Productive Employees

If you manage a team, you know hard it can be to keep everyone engaged, happy, and productive. Some days, simply getting your employees to show up and get the job done feels challenging enough. But as a manager, you...

Tips

10 Tips for New Project Managers

Organization and routine are two crucial aspects for increasing efficiency, so if you want to be a project manager, you should focus on improving those two. Being a project manager is so much more than stamping...