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Questions from the training room: Project Management

 

There are many project management systems out there. From Gantt Charts to Asana, there are lots of ways to organise a project. The danger is that people feel like project management is an exam in data entry form-filling rather than focusing on how to get things done.

On our Project Management training courses at Aspire, we have delegates with a range of different working methods and levels of experience. We draw on many theoretical and practical approaches, encompassing elements of task and people management, to support managers as they embark on their next projects. Here are some of the questions that often crop up in the training room:

 

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Bridging the Gap EDI Programme FAQs

How do I stop diversity and inclusion training from being a tick-box exercise?

 

For a long time, we (okay, Pradeep) resisted launching a public EDI programme separate from our leadership and management offers. As a certified B-Corp™, we believe inclusion should be central to everything a leader does, rather than carved off into a separate training silo. But we kept meeting leaders who were stuck or jumping straight into tactical metrics and quick-fix initiatives without asking what problem they were actually trying to solve. Read more

Senior Leadership: Questions We Are Often Asked in the Training Room

 

Senior leadership can be exciting, rewarding and hugely influential. It can also be lonely, complex and, at times, overwhelming.

Many senior leaders discover that the skills which helped them succeed earlier in their careers are not always the skills they need at the top. The challenges become less about managing tasks and more about leading people, culture, strategy and change.

Here are some of the questions we are often asked in the training room.

 

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