David Hinde

How to Motivate Your Team

Did you know that if you're really motivated at work you could be up to fifty per cent more productive? Expert in motivational theory, Richard E Clark says, "Many of the gaps between performance and the levels required to achieve business goals are caused by a lack of motivation, not a lack of knowledge and skills." Given this you'd think that organisations would be clambering to set up motivational programmes. And yet so many... (posted by David 2 years 238 days ago.)

How to Apply Prince2 - The Organisation Component

Introduction Having trouble getting upper level decisions made on your project? Feeling that senior management are not bought in to the project's vision. Are senior executives simply not willing to get involved when you need them? Research shows that a lack of engagement with senior stakeholders is one of the main reasons for project failure. So how do you solve this? The Project Board concept from... (posted by David 2 years 238 days ago.)

How to Implement a Project Management Best Practice

I shivered in the cold air as I watched Tiger Woods swing back the golf club, pause for an instant, then uncoil his body to whip the club round and hit the bright white ball, which flew off into the grey morning mist. He had been repeating exactly the same shot for the last twenty minutes, as he prepared for the first round of the Open Golf Tournament. Each time the ball had followed the same... (posted by David 2 years 363 days ago.)

How to Persuade People in Work

Let me introduce you to John. He's just walking out of his boss's office having tried to persuade him that Kate should be new project manager. His boss Bob disagreed, he wants to recruit from outside the organisation. The conversation nearly turned into an argument and John feels frustrated. He's sure that Kate is right for the role, but he didn't seem to be able to get that across. Sound familiar? There are so many... (posted by David 2 years 363 days ago.)