Our latest article is entitled Stakeholder Management (or the Importance of Being in Charge)

Ever tried to manage a project with an interfering sponsor or project owner? Here are some tips and tricks to put you back in charge.

The first step to managing this problem is to look at where they sit in relation to the project. Are they the owner or sponsor of the project? Are they a senior stakeholder from another department? Or are they a project team member or working level stakeholder from another department?

This article reviews each type in turn and gives you practical ways to get control back over your project.

The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill is basically a how-to manual of the skills and qualities required to become successful in whatever field one works. It is particularly relevant for those who achieve their success through the work of others.

If you have read either of our articles on leadership, the speech from Major C A Bach came from this book.

Napoleon Hill spent 20 years of interviewing successful men and women including Henry Ford, Thomas A Edison, John D Rockefeller, William Wrigley, William Taft, F W Woolworth, John Burroughs and Dr Alexander Graham Bell, and became of the opinion that even the common man, if he knew what it was about personality that made men successful, could easily find success on his own strength, and by tweaking and fine-tuning his personality. The critical information gleaned from these interviews was distilled into an epic masterpiece entitled "The Law of Success".

Project Management Made Easy is a simple, easy to use, guide to project management.

It basically explains what project management is (and isn't), what skills you need to be a successful project manager, and what the basics or foundations of project management are. It's almost like Project Management 101. And it contains everything you need to know to start increasing your skills today. It also contains valuable templates you can start using right now.

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