Like many people, we have recently returned from exhibiting at Project Challenge in Birmingham,   and from a recruitment perspective,  we met a large number of very professional project managers who, for a number of reasons are still looking for their next role after more than 12 months out of assignment, with a growing number considering leaving the world of Project Management  and embarking on a new career direction. Read the rest of this entry »

“Operation Husky”: Allied Forces and Don Calo

“Operation Husky”, the Allied invasion of Sicily started on July 9th, 1943. It was a large-scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. The Anglo-Canadian forces landed on the east cost of the island and had a seemingly simple task in front of them. The resistance was known to be poorly equipped with weapons and ammunition; in some cases their positions were defended by captured Russian artillery that nobody could operate because the Italian army forgot to translate the operating manuals. And yet, despite all of the planning shortcomings, the Italians fought well and it took English and Canadian forces five weeks and thousands of casualties to reach their objective - the town of Messina. Read the rest of this entry »