Being a project manager comes with major perks: leading a team to success, seeing team members grow, watching a project come to fruition and creatively solving challenges. As a leader, you get to be the driver of a project from start to finish, bringing people of different skill sets together to make it happen. However, the role does come with a responsibility that few people relish: occasionally being “the bad guy.”
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For Anita Malahowski, coming to work every day is a joy, not a chore.
“I am very lucky,” said Anita, a project controls analyst at Manta Ray Consulting. “When you like your job, it doesn’t matter how much you work.”
Read MoreThere is increased demand for technology that fosters or replaces in-person communication and community. While innovating digital solutions for every conceivable need is a commendable endeavor given the circumstances, organizations run the risk of losing the intangibles of building in-person relationships, such as mentorships, for some. Relationships like these are vital to the overall mental wellness and satisfaction of project management professionals. How do we preserve, nurture and grow our connections beyond the screen, and why does it matter?
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Manny, founder of Manta Ray Consulting (MRC), and Pamela Abela, are accomplished and passionate scuba divers with over 1,000 dives and more than 20 years of experience exploring the world’s oceans. They encountered many manta rays along the way, and the sea creatures left an inimitable impression, so much so that it led the Abelas and MRC co-founder Jeff Chan to name their company after them.
Read MoreDiversity, inclusion and equity (DEI) initiatives are essential in fostering workplace excellence, innovation, talent retention and achieving financial goals. Adoption of these initiatives is proven to lead to organizational success. Last year, we critically assessed how our project management industry can become more inclusive, but the work is perennial.
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When many Manta Ray Consulting clients and industry colleagues think about our business, the first names that come to mind are those of our principals and consultants – the people delivering results for our clients on an everyday basis. Just as important, however, is someone who works behind the scenes to ensure that every MRC team member and client has exactly what they need to be successful: our office administrator Rowena Dutton.
Read MoreMillion- and billion-dollar projects have many moving pieces; a lot can happen between concept and completion. New information, employee turnover or changes to the budget—among various other factors—can derail a project with mounting delays and overdue tasks, leaving project managers scrambling to get back on track.
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When James Anderson graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, he didn’t initially envision a career in Earned Value Management (EVM). First, he moved to Japan to teach English at a private school, where he taught a variety of classes for preschoolers all the way to adults.
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