We’re all project managers now, whether or not you’ve realised this. As a manager, you may need to plan and manage projects yourself or delegate projects to your team to plan and manage. You may be tasked with trying to determine better ways to cuts costs in a plant, lay out a new marketing plan, review a process to improve efficiencies, or develop a new policy. All these projects involve: […]
Have you heard of right brain/left brain thinking? If you have, you’ll be aware that our right brain is linked to strategy, creativity, lateral thinking and risk-taking while our left brain is linked more to logic, facts, detail and ‘safe’ options. In any project, you need contribution from both sides. In this article, we explore the possibilities of ‘whole brain’ thinking for project management Project planning and control has traditionally […]
Organisations cannot prosper without effective communication. Yet despite their best intentions, people often have difficulty sending, and interpreting, even simple messages. This barrier to effective communication is strongly related to a person’s thinking preference. Different thinking preferences = different communication styles An analytical thinker establishes key facts and then wants to move on; an organised thinker focuses on detail and contingency; a personalised thinker wants everyone to have a say; […]
As a guest of a Rotarian friend in 2012, I really enjoyed the inaugural Women In Rotary Breakfast function for International Women’s Day. A mammoth turnout of over 700 guests (and not all women!) was an incredible result for their first year. We were thrilled this year to be approached to be a sponsor of the event in 2013. Ancora Learning was proud to join other esteemed sponsors, by supplying […]
