Relation between management and leadership has always been a concern for professionals. In fact, it is one of the classic interview questions for management positions. Drucker tells us that leadership is doing right things and management is doing things right. Covey greatly summarizes the difference saying “Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system”. These are some formula I have devised that represent the relation between leadership and management.

You want to know whether you are an authentic leader? Lead in touch times and strive to direct people towards a common goal. The hard circumstances will show your leadership style in its true color and will put your ability to motivate, inspire, and give people hope under real test. If you want to know the result; a quick walkaround in the workplace will easily tell you whether you are doing well or you have failed the test of leading in recession!

Uncertainty is the number one enemy of planning, most of the times, projects cannot be planned precisely due to lack of information and time, using the Rolling Wave Planning technique will enable you to thoroughly plan short term activities and re-plan the project phases, work packages, and activities as they become clearer, Microsoft Project 2010 Manual Scheduling new feature provides great flexibility that makes Rolling Wave Planning practical, easy and efficient

Risk management is the heart and soul of project management, failing to practice it right can have fatal consequences on projects and programs, doing real effort in the planning stage can save the entire investment and will increase the likelihood of the project success, however planning alone is not enough if monitoring risks is not handled seriously, these are seven deadly sins of risk management and how to take preventive actions to avoid them

I have stumbled upon a couple of videos on YouTube provided by Business English Pod , the videos explain the fundamental terms of project management in a simple, graphical, and contextual way, the second video includes a quiz , whether you are a project manager or not I am sure you will love these videos! You may also forward these videos to clients and team members who you think need to realize the essence of the project management core terms.