The current economic downturn in the UK has led to a growing number of people looking at career alternatives and over the last six months I have had an increasing number of calls from candidates, who wish to move completely away from their current roles, of which many have been ensconced for a number of years and enter into the world of project management. It is a difficult route to embark on and the following will hopefully provide some stepping stones to securing a project management role. Read the rest of this entry »

Peter Taylor’s bestseller, The Lazy Project Manager, has been a project management phenomenon since it was published in 2009.

In it he shows how adopting a more focused approach to life, projects and work can make you twice as productive. The Lazy Project Manager and its sequel, The Lazy Winner, show how anyone can apply the simple techniques of lazy project management in their own lives in order to work and live more effectively. Read the rest of this entry »