The 5 Project Management Skills You Can Use To Write Your Book
What does project management have to do with writing a book? Plenty. If there were any career that would prepare me for the long process of writing, producing, and marketing a book, it was project management. It seems a long time ago since I first expressed my wish to...
How to Find Your Confidence – For Women In Construction
How do we help more women in construction to get the recognition and promotions they deserve? By helping them develop their confidence. Last week, I attended the Professional Women in Construction’s (PWC) Professional Development Advisory Council meeting to discuss...
The Most Important Skill Every Project Manager Needs
When we work together healthcare gets better. Every project manager has been there – that meeting where you walk into the room and you can almost see the eye rolls from the project team as they realize you’re a project manager. They may not say it, but they are...
Your Healthcare Design from a Patient’s Point of View
“We work day after day not to finish things but to make the future better because we will spend the rest of our lives there.” - Charles F Kettering When it comes to healthcare design and construction, it’s easy to be focused on numbers: how many square feet, the...
How to Come Back from Vacation – 6 Tips for Less Stress
Just got back from vacation? Me too – and don’t I know it. Why is it that within days, you feel like you were never away at all? Vacations are great – in fact, I’d go so far as to call them a necessity. But, in essence, all you are doing is shifting time around –...
How to Manage Vacations: 4 Tips for Project Managers
Picture this. I was relaxing on a lounger, soaking up the Florida sunshine, when my phone rings. It’s my superintendent, Mike, a real salt-of-the-earth type. “Cathy!” he booms down the phone. “What’s up, Mike? What do you need?” I reply. What followed was a stream of...
Creating Empowered Teams: Developing Staff Independence
After discussing patient independence in my last post, I thought about how independence serves as foundation for creating empowered teams and people. So, this week, I wanted to touch on some ways that we as project managers can empower our teams and foster a creative...
Promoting Patient Independence – Practical Tips for Architects
You can’t say “July” without thinking of Independence Day. In fact, the recent holiday celebrations made me think about how we as healthcare construction professionals can better support patient independence in our designs. With the introduction of the Affordable Care...
Project Manager Wellness as a Foundation for Success
As the linchpin of the project team, the Project Manager holds together a diverse range of stakeholders and disciplines, which can—at times—be a stressful place to be. But before you can focus on maintaining the team’s wellness, you need to ensure that you take care...