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From the President’s Desk…
What makes you get out of bed in the morning? What is your passion & purpose?
These were some of the questions that inspirational keynote speakers left us pondering with at the PMI Asia
Pacific LIM in Singapore. A number of Project Board Members had the chance recently to attend PMI Asia Pacific Leadership Institute Meeting in Singapore followed by R10 Meeting from PMI Australia and New Zealand
Chapters. The inspiration, energy and learning opportunities were tremendous. The collaboration between the
Australian and New Zealand Chapters is reaching new heights, as we share best practices and leverage from
each other’s experiences.
Amany Nuseibeh,
PMP
President PMI
Sydney Chapter
There is no better time than now to invest in project management and hire project managers. In today’s continuous economic pressures combined with a drive to optimise resources utilisation and improve sustainability, business and leadership skilled project managers are the enablers of strategy implementation. A recent
Economist Intelligence Unit report, sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI), “Why good strategies fail – Lessons for the C-suite”, addresses how C-level executives engage in the implementation of strategies, and explores the barriers that impede the integration of initiatives into business operations and results.
According to the study, companies will set themselves apart by carrying out the necessary strategic responses
as quickly as possible. While executives agree that executing strateg