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Resource Management Maturity

Resource management is the long pole in the tent when it comes to overall project performance and efficient utilization of human capital. And where the typical project-based service team spends three-quarters of their budget on people, being good at resource management should be job #1! A proven method for making steady and important progress in building your RM maturity should start with assessing where you are today – your baseline.

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Looking to Expand Your Team Capabilities? Start by Looking Within

No matter what industry you’re in, the individual and collective skills of your team directly impact your effectiveness. But the rapid pace of change today and constantly evolving company strategies and client demands make keeping those skills aligned and up to date a real challenge. And when you’re dealing with slim margins and unpredictable markets, filling the gaps with new hires isn’t always an option.

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Relationships Before Service: A New Look at Resource Management

By focusing on the power of belonging to a team with a shared goal, giving people autonomy, encouraging employees to up-level their skills and competencies, providing certainty about the future through honesty and transparency, and championing a culture of safety, we can continue to pull employees back from burnout, increase engagement, and improve the productivity of organizations.

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Why Legacy Resource Management Tools are Inadequate for 2021 and Beyond?

Over the years, resource management has evolved from merely allocating resources into a comprehensive and critical function for any business. However, many organizations still rely on legacy tools such as spreadsheets and homegrown solutions for resource management. This article explains how legacy tools lack functionalities in future-proofing these enterprises in the 2020s and why resource management is the need of the hour.

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RMCP® Spotlight

The RMCP® spotlight for this newsletter edition is on Wim Van Poelvoorde. Wim is the Resource Management Office Lead for North-West Europe at HPE. Learn about the hurdles and challenges he went through building the RMO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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RMI Connect 2021

Registration is open for RMI Connect, a unique virtual forum focused on helping project-based service delivery teams with improving resource management maturity. Delivered in two mini-events on September 22 – 23, RMI Connect will discuss how to baseline your resource management maturity utilizing our Resource Management Maturity Model, and explore best practices, tips and techniques to Accelerate Resource Management Maturity.

Save $50 if you register by July 16!

RMCP®s can earn 5 PCUs for attending!

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Research Survey: Sourcing and the Gig Marketplace

The gig economy has changed the task of sourcing human capital, with a large and growing percentage of the workforce shifting to a freelance model and making management of a flex workforce essential. This survey explores the implications of this trend by collecting important info on who is using the gig marketplace, how they are doing that, and automation tools being used to engage and recruit to support the needs of a growing flex workforce. Take the Survey

RMCP® Program – July Classes

We recently added instructor led online certification classes for the APAC region scheduled to run July 6 to July 22. Weekly sessions run approximately 2 hours. Online Registration Get certified on your time. Purchased on-demand training is available for 90 days — 24×7 access. Total modules run-time is approximately 8 1/2 hours. On-Demand Registration