APM News

Do you sometimes confuse Coaching with Mentoring or even Consulting? What about Counselling? In this session, held on 14 January 2021, Nigel Smith focused on the positive role of Coaching within project management (PM); What is it? Why is it important? How does it enhance your professional signature? In the process, he delved into the now ubiquitous world of the modern agile PM, to see how it serves that emerging role, and pondered whether the once-popular ‘Command and Control’ PM style still retains any relevance today.

Top tips on making and keeping the right connections that will help your project fly, by Marion Thomas and Sarah Walton.

In his new book for APM, Gordon MacKay, project management capability lead at Sellafield, rethinks the stereotype of the command-and-control leadership style and finds out how highly effective leaders really behave.

The international tech, pharma and life science businesses that call this storied university city home are creating an explosion of opportunities for project managers.

Dave Waller meets the project manager behind blockbuster video game Angry Birds and other industry aficionados to find out what it takes to manage the production of a megabudget entertainment project.

Energy giants such as Shell and BP are accelerating their moves away from a dependence on oil and heading towards more diversified portfolios – including clean, renewable energy.

The director general of the COVID-19 Response Unit at HMRC has played a critical role in making the government’s economic interventions happen.

Iranian project manager Reyhane Kazemi explains how women in the profession are turning remote working to their advantage.

Peter Smith, author of a new book on procurement and its intersections with every stage of the project process, has a simple message: get it wrong and you may well fail.

The National Trust’s director general Hilary McGrady reflects on a difficult year and considers the importance of nature-focused projects for 2021.