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Apprentice Episode 2 - Product Owner vs. Project Manager
By Ben Green - ILX Group | 28 October 2015
No I in team; No me in Cacti Challenge 2 - Create a brand of shampoo, with a USP of the key ingredient, being cactus oil. Brand, bottle, produce and market. The marketing challenge has been one of the more memorable tasks, in successive series. Chapter 2 of the 2015 ordeal was no different, w...
[Continue reading...]Apprentice Episode 3 - Emotional Intelligence
By Ben Green - ILX Group | 28 October 2015
Listen very carefully, I shall say zis only once... Communication. Communication. Communication. Working in, guiding, leading and managing a team (at least a moderately successful one), hinges upon clear, concise, and confident communication. Equally, a negotiation depends on both parties unde...
[Continue reading...]ILX at the Higher and Further Education Show – Excel, London
By ILX Team | 21 October 2015
Last week ILX was delighted to announce its presence at the Higher and Further Education Show. This is the only event in the UK that brings together senior decision makers and business leaders from the worlds of higher and further education to discuss, network, learn and procure services. ILX has...
[Continue reading...]Star Attraction: how can organisations recruit and retain talented project professions? Autumn 2015 issue of Project
By Dennis Sheehan, MAPM, MCMI Senior Training Consultant at ILX Group | 29 September 2015
Read our PDF on Star Attraction by Dennis Sheehan and Chis Jones. Click here to read the article
[Continue reading...]Project professionals value work/life balance over pay and career progression
By Louise Capone, Head of Progility Recruitment | 29 September 2015
A recent survey by Progility Recruitment reveals that work/life balance is the top consideration among project managers and PMOs looking to change jobs. When asked to specify what was most important when looking for a new job 46% of respondents said that work/life balance was top of their lis...
[Continue reading...]Navigating through Agile – asking the right questions
By Steve Boronski, PRINCE2 Agile lead trainer at ILX Group | 24 August 2015
In June 2015, PRINCE2 AgileTM was born, combining the best of both the PRINCE2® and the Agile worlds. Project managers and organisations who have thrown their lot in with agile approaches or methodologies could be forgiven for being confused about what PRINCE2 Agile offers that is not covered by Agi...
[Continue reading...]Achieving business agility right through the project management lifecycle
By Andy West, Consultant at ILX Group | 19 August 2015
Greek philosophers knew that change is the only constant in life and the maxim has never held truer than in today’s business environment. The pace of change has accelerated and organisations have trimmed themselves to the bone to stay competitive and agile but too often they have trimmed not just th...
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