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Great process and fabulous tools are a great start--but how they are used is what makes the difference. The cultural aspects of our organizations are critical to making project management work. How we implement our capabilities--and how we transform our organizations--is what drives success. Find the tools to effectively manage change here.

The Face of Leadership - by Mark Mullaly, PMP

Someone said project management involves leadership. What does that look like, and how do I do it? Given the uncertainty of what leadership is, what do we do in developing our own capabilities? What are the strategies that we should adopt, and how do we get to the point where we are comfortable doing so?

Navigating Organizational Politics - by Mark Mullaly, PMP

We have to be able to understand the environment in which we and our projects are operating, and more importantly we also have to be able to operate and manage effectively within it--including how to deal with people and customers. With acceptance of this reality, we quickly find ourselves firmly within the realm of organizational politics. For many, this is not a place that they like to be.

Negotiating Your Leadership Authority - by Mark Mullaly, PMP

While leadership is a process, it is a conditional, flexible and ambiguous one. Being an effective leader as a project manager is determined in part by our comfort level with ambiguity and our uncertainty, and our willingness to adopt and adapt given the situations that we face.

Developing Project Managers Into Organizational Leaders - by Mark Mullaly, PMP

Effective project managers are made, not born. If you want to benefit from exceptional project management abilities, you need to radically re-think your approach to developing project managers.

Redefining the PM Role - by Mark Mullaly, PMP

Yes Virginia, results really do matter. The purpose of project management is not to deliver the scope of the project (insert gasp here). No, it is to deliver to customers the business outcomes that they desire.