Author: Andrew Solovey

Monthly Digest

TOP 10 Articles on Project Management in April 2020

Every month I put together my version of the best articles on project management, leadership and team building. Check out the TOP 10 articles on project management in April 2020 Trends Software Teams and Teamwork Trends Report Q1 2020 InfoQ team asked industry experts to share their ideas on the most prominent trends that were spotted in the software development industry in the first quarter of 2020.… [ Read the rest...]
Leadership, Management, Time Management

How to Overcome Procrastination at Work and in Everyday Life

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were supposed to accomplish a task but couldn’t start doing it and eventually put it off till the deadline comes? I bet you have. Time to time, all of us fall prey to a behavior called procrastination. So what is procrastination? According to Wikipedia’s definition, procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline.… [ Read the rest...]
Meetings, Scrum

How to Turn the Floor Over to the Next Person on Daily Scrum Meeting

If you use Scrum methodology on your projects, you definitely know how the Daily Scrum Meeting goes. If not, here is a quick walk-thru. People take their turns and provide their status updates one at a time. The status is short but informative, and its purpose is to answer three main questions: “What I did yesterday”, “What I’m going to do today”, “What impediments or blockers I`m having at the moment”.… [ Read the rest...]
Management

How to Work From Home and Stay Productive During Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak

Novel coronavirus outbreak and subsequent quarantine measures taken by many countries forced companies and organizations to turn their people to work from their homes. And if for those companies (and people) who have an experience of remote work this doesn’t become an issue, for those who never supported work from home this sudden transition may be painful and problematic.  In general, remote work has been showing constant growth over the last years supported by active popularization in media.… [ Read the rest...]
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TOP 10 Articles on Project Management in February 2020

Every month I put together my version of the best articles on project management, leadership and team building. Check out the TOP 10 articles on project management in February 2020 Leadership I Feel Unsafe Here! How to Embrace Conflict The author of this article raises a problem of avoiding conflicts in the working environment. He is concerned that millenials who constitute the most of today`s workforce are avoiding any slight confrontation with teammates at work hiding behind the so-called “psychological safety”.… [ Read the rest...]
Leadership, Teambuilding

How to Give an Inspiring Motivational Speech to Your Team

One of the major responsibilities of a project manager is to motivate the teams to achieve their goals. Though there are plenty of techniques you may use for increasing team motivation, an inspirational speech is the one that can have an immediate effect. That’s why it is a really powerful instrument. Despite the fact that I`m not an experienced motivational speaker, I`m very interested in the question of what makes a great motivational speech.… [ Read the rest...]
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TOP 10 Articles on Project Management in January 2020

Every month I put together my version of the best articles on project management, leadership and team building. Check out the TOP 10 articles on project management in January 2020 Management What Is Agile Decision-Making In Project Management? Today information is available faster and from more sources than ever before, which makes decision-making seem easier. But if you combine this information onslaught with traditional types of business decision-making, it will make your process slower and more frustrating.… [ Read the rest...]
Leadership

5 Bad Habits I Had To Get Rid Of After Becoming A Project Manager

Many people are struggling for a leadership position thinking it is prestigious and gives them a lot of benefits. However, it`s not that simple. With great power comes great responsibility, and with great responsibility come great constraints. When you are at a leading position, you are a role model for the other people in your team or organization, whether you like it or not.… [ Read the rest...]
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TOP 10 Articles on Project Management in December 2019

Every month I put together my version of the best articles on project management, leadership and team building. Check out the TOP 10 articles on project management in December 2019 Leadership Leadership Vs Management: 5 Differences That Set Them Apart There is an eternal debate on what it takes to be a good manager and what it takes to be a good leader, and what is better at the end of the day.… [ Read the rest...]
Communication, Leadership, Management

How To Deal With Difficult People On Your Projects

I can only guess what type of projects you work on and what challenges you have, but there is one thing I know for sure: you have definitely encountered difficult people on your projects. The truth is that throughout your entire life and career you keep meeting people who put you down.  However, when you come across an unpleasant stranger in your daily life, it’s not a big deal.… [ Read the rest...]