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20 traits of highly effective project managers

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To thrive, project managers need to have and hone a complex combination of technical, business, and interpersonal skills. Effective project managers must know how to define the scope of a project , identify necessary resources, and schedule those resources — all part of the technical aspect of the job.

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What Erie Insurance does to develop transformational talent

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When the leadership team at Erie Insurance planned a large-scale transformation, they knew it couldn’t be an IT-only effort. Finally, the way Erie Insurance drives transformation is by leveraging enterprise business agility. This program allows our IT team to have the right balance of technical and leadership skills.”

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What is a project manager? The lead role for project success

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What is a project manager? Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope , the project team and resources, the project budget, and the success or failure of the project.

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Two Perficient Colleagues Quoted in Forrester Report on Emerging Insurance Technologies

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Insurers are constantly striving to improve their operations, provide better experiences for customers, and minimize risks. Monica Gernert, a project manager, and insurance expert at Perficient, provided a critical perspective around genAI that’s quoted in the report.

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Women IT leaders take center stage

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Early in her career as a program management specialist at AT&T, Balaban became an active member with the Project Management Institute’s New Jersey chapter, which put her front and center at plenty of events. And when we demonstrate our thought leadership, there can be a backlash.” First, you serve as a role model.

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5 Timeless Principles of Agile Leadership

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Executives across industries are reimagining leadership principles that thrive in an agile business environment — principles that don’t treat change as an anomaly but a culture. . What is Agile Leadership? 5 Principles of Agile Leadership. Here are five agile leadership principles that have served us well: 1.

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Is Your Healthcare Digital Organization Really Product Driven?

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Digital organizations in both healthcare and health insurance are focused on enhancing value for their patients and members. This is especially important in both the service industries of healthcare and health insurance where there is no tangible good. What does it mean to be truly product-driven? You launch and listen.