Here are the blog posts and articles that caught my attention this week:

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[av_iconlist_item title=’CobaltPM’ link=’manually,http://cobaltpm.com/would-james-bond-make-a-good-project-manager/’ linktarget=’_blank’ linkelement=” icon=’ue8b7′ font=’entypo-fontello’ av_uid=’av-133q1t’]
What a great title for a blog post – Would James Bond make a good project manager? It would be interesting to see if project management could be improved through the use of explosives
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Great blog post about the importance of leaders embracing the digital age – including social media
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[av_iconlist_item title=’Arra PM’ link=’manually,http://www.arra-pm.com/8-huge-project-management-training-hoaxes-myths/’ linktarget=’_blank’ linkelement=” icon=’ue8b7′ font=’entypo-fontello’ av_uid=’av-t3rpt’]
Interesting article about the myths around project management training and certification
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What do you do if you are given your first big project? This blog post provides a guide to how to manage a big project
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Difficult stakeholders can be challenging. In this blog post, a guide to how to manage this tricky situation is provided
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I have yet to manage a project that doesn’t have a significant amount of “people” involvement. I thought this was a good article about how to deal with difficult people.
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