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Discover 6 ways to gain project management skills informally

Gaining project management skills without a degree or certification is possible through various avenues that emphasize practical experience, self-study, and professional development. Here are 6 ways to develop project management skills without formal credentials: Volunteer for Project Work Volunteer to work on projects in any capacity possible. This is how I initially started gaining project

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Essential skills you may already have to be a Project Manager

Did you know you don’t need a degree or certification to be a Project Manager?

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Design Agile Teams to deliver business value

Project Management / By Sabrina

Agile for Project Management has become very popular in the business environment. Agile teams are designed to deliver business value. Meaning teams prioritize buckets of work based on their business impact and measure success based on business outcomes. Focusing on delivering value, ensures the team is working towards the right goals. Agile methodology also encourages

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10 Things Project Managers do everyday

Project Management / By Sabrina

10 Things project managers do everyday to stay organized and prioritize the deliverables of projects

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Size and preparedness matter in Change Management

Change Management, Project Management / By Sabrina

In this post I will walk you through a change management size and readiness analysis. You will also see examples of a completed change management analysis from a software upgrade project. You can benefit from some of the challenges and lessons learned from my experience. How to determine if your company is ready for change

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Fake news about Change Management

Change Management, Project Management, Tools and Templates / By Sabrina

Read about some of the misconceptions of Change Management, and the challenges that are most often experienced. See how to overcome some of these challenges.

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Empowering your employees to make decisions without you

Change Management, Leadership Tips, Project Management / By Sabrina

Give up control First step to empowering your employees is to delegate and give up your control. This can be a tough task for some leaders. The actual thought of allowing your staff to make decisions on their own without your input, how scary! You need to trust your employees. After all, you hired them

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Leading Change in a Corporate Environment

Change Management, Leadership Tips, Project Management / By Sabrina

Today’s post is about Leading Change in a Business Environment. No truer words have been quoted like this one from Warren Bennis. The reason I say that is I’ve been with the same company for almost 20 years and I’m still learning new things and staying challenged due to the continual change.Businesses have to change

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Breaking down silos in the workplace

Change Management, Leadership Tips, Project Management / By Sabrina

Hi there I’m Sabrina. Welcome to Sensible Practice where you benefit from my 25+ years of experience as a leader in Corporate America. In this post, I will share an example of how to break down silos and avoid inefficiencies in an organization. Isn’t it strange that when people are asked what they do or

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Quit trying to be perfect!

Change Management, Leadership Tips, Project Management / By Sabrina

Let’s just stop already! Why is everyone expected to be perfect all the time?! I’ve struggled with this my whole life. The thought that I had to be perfect at everything I did. It was expected of me growing up as the oldest child. (Be more mature, so my little brother would have a good

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