Empowerment - Yeah Right!

“We empower our employees.” The sentiment and intent of this statement reverberates through the air and bounces off walls. Commendable as it may sound, how often it really happens and to what extent is questionable.

This post sets about challenging the hype and supposed rocket science that seems to embody the process of empowering others. When will all leaders be prepared to achieve more by simply getting out of the way?

Festive Greetings to All

Best Wishes for a very Happy Christmas.

May 2011 encourage everyone to Change Through Action.

Winner Announced - 2010 IPMA Young Project Manager Award

Congratulations to Shailesh Nepal who won the IPMA Young Project Manager Award for 2010.


Mr. Nepal was presented with the prestigious award at the IPMA Global Young Crew Workshop and Gala Dinner on October 30, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was honored for his contributions to the China Engineering Railway Corporation Project as the Deputy Contract Manager and Senior Construction Engineer.

“Shailesh Nepal embodies the traits of a dynamic emerging leader that is dedicated to advancing project management” says Jhaymee S. Wilson, IPMA Young Crew Board Member and coordinator for the 2010 award. “We are excited to honor Mr. Nepal and all of our finalists on their accomplishments in the field. Their dedication and impact to the project management profession proves that our finalists are leaders and influencers on a global scale.”

The 2011 IPMA Young Project Manager Award application will be available online in the Spring of 2011. The award will be presented at the 2011 IPMA Global Young Crew Workshop in Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 October 2011. For more information about this award and others sponsored by IPMA and the IPMA Young Crew, visit http://www.ipma.ch/.

"We were honoured to participate on the Jury Panel for the 2010 Award" said Deanne Earle, "and are very honoured to have been asked to participate again in 2011. The calibre of the finalists this year was outstanding setting an exceptionally high standard for those applying in 2011. Congratulations again to Shailesh and the other finalists." 

About IPMA Young Crew: IPMA Young Crew is a key component of IPMA’s growth and development of the leaders of tomorrow. It is an active network of young project management professionals and students aged 25 to 35 who believe in community and the building of a worldwide young professional project management family. More information about the 2010 Young Project Manager Award is available at http://www.ipma.ch/crew/Pages/YoungProjectManagerAward.aspx.

The Importance of R&R

A new project and what it could mean for an organisation is exciting. It’s very easy to get caught up in that excitement and forget that a project is the sum of many parts and people. Companies don’t operate as isolated instances so why would projects. Start introducing global programmes and company portfolios and the hierarchy necessary to manage that work effort for a joined-up solution increases exponentially.

Delivering successful projects relies on an approach that’s robust and mature enough to set clear terms of reference and give everyone the instruction, information and support they need in order to succeed.

How do you shape up?