Jim Owens PMP's Articles

  • Ten Power Points to Powerful PowerPoints
    Ten power-packed tips to wowing your audience with a dynamite PowerPoint presentation.
  • Focus Beyond Success
    Everybody wants to be successful. Of course it could be argued that some people obviously want to fail in life – but that means that they want to be successful in failing. And so when they eventually DO fail, they succeeded in achieving their life’s main goal. And that’s a level of success that few
  • Powerful Project Managers, their secrets revealed
    In project management, when we talk about “power” we mean the ability of the project manager to influence the behavior of team and other stakeholders. Knowing the different types of power in project management, and knowing how and when to use them, can be crucial to managing projects successfully.
  • Powerful Project Managers, their secrets revealed
    In project management, when we talk about “power” we mean the ability of the project manager to influence the behavior of team and other stakeholders. Knowing the different types of power in project management, and knowing how and when to use them, can be crucial to managing projects successfully.
  • Accelerated Learning, an Introduction
    Your brain has been designed for success and endowed with an enormous capacity for learning. You are the master of your own intellectual destiny; and you can design your own intelligence. Using your brain properly, especially in innovative and fun ways, accelerates your learning, increases your inte
  • Hawthorne Effect, an examination
    The often quoted “Hawthorne Effect’ (that people become more productive when they know they are being observed) was said to come from research performed by Professor Elton Mayo at Western Electric’s Hawthorne plant. But is this fact, or merely a “legend” as some suggest
  • Successful Team Motivation Part 1
    How do you motivate people to work harder or better? That's a question that is often asked. At one time it was thought that just paying someone a higher salary, or conversely threatening them with dismissal, would motivate them. While these approaches had some success, they are very self-limiting. H
  • Matrix Organizations, What Are They?
    Until the 1970's, typical, large organizations tended to function in "silos", where isolated groups of workers reported to a line manager. This was inefficient, with lots of duplication of skills around the organization. But their major weakness was when they tried to manage projects.
  • Matrix Organizations, What Are They?
    Until the 1970's, typical, large organizations tended to function in "silos", where isolated groups of workers reported to a line manager. This was inefficient, with lots of duplication of skills around the organization. But their major weakness was when they tried to manage projects.

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