#ThePMTribe: A Community with a Difference

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 27, 2020 | Mentoring, This article contains affiliate links.

Hello, I’m Elizabeth Harrin. Welcome! I’m an author and mentor and I do the job of project managing as well. I support project managers individually through 1:1 mentoring, and also through my small group membership scheme, Project Management Rebels. PM Rebels is a...

Resources for Remote Work (March 2020)

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 25, 2020 | Be Productive, This article contains affiliate links.

We’re living in extraordinary times, and many people will be working from home for the first time. Trust me, working from home is great. But it is a shift in mentality. And we’re all in this together. I decided it would be OK to share some free and paid resources that...

The Social Project Manager [Interview]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 25, 2020 | Books, interview, This article contains affiliate links.

This interview was first published in 2015. How do you balance the need to collaborate with the governance and control that’s required in a project environment? That’s the question answered by Peter Taylor’s new book, The Social Project Manager. Today I’m interviewing...

Get Your Projects Fit with The Lazy Project Manager

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 25, 2020 | Books, This article contains affiliate links.

This interview was first published in 2014. I am not fit. Since having my two boys I am heavier than I have ever been, except while pregnant. My only exercise is balancing in small spaces while standing on the train to work. I fuel getting up for the night feeds with...

How to Lead Effective Virtual Teams [Tips & Book Review]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 14, 2020 | Books, Stakeholders, This article contains affiliate links., virtual teams

Leading Effective Virtual Teams is an odd book. It’s a bit like a series of very dense magazine articles as every chapter is heavy with bullet-pointed lists of top tips and guidelines. It reads very differently to other books, but it’s very effective given what Nancy...

How to Build Trust in Virtual Teams [Book Review & Tips]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Mar 13, 2020 | Books, Stakeholders, This article contains affiliate links., virtual teams

Trust matters because it helps build a resilient project team. Trust helps get things done. Trusted team members not only do only what is asked, but what the project needs them to do, because they know that the project manager will trust their decisions and actions. ...