Do you remember the Microsoft Windows game Minesweeper? You had a game board covered with squares that could contain bombs. The goal was to clear the board without blowing yourself up. It wasn’t impossible; but you needed to think through things and develop a strategy to accomplish the goal. Organizational politics can be a lot…

Multi-year projects can be “long, tedious, time-consuming and very heavy” for the project managers overseeing them, says Beth, who works for a large networking technology company in southern California. That’s why this portfolio manager knew she had to do something to keep her team from getting burned out during the 2 1/2 year project they…

  When there’s a job to be done, sustaining support and maintaining motivation within your team is crucial to the outcome of your project. It can be extremely difficult to keep up momentum, on top of managing a mission, so follow these six simple “C” steps and the enthusiasm–and final result – will remain high….