Monthly Archives: May 2022
Why Emotional Intelligence Matters in Medical Device Project Managers
It’s important to recognize what powers a team to deliver the best they can when it comes to medical device projects. Is it the power? Purpose? Prestige? It’s the project manager’s responsibility to understand team members’ verbal and non-verbal cues to keep them motivated and high functioning. That’s where the emotional intelligence of the medical device project manager comes into play. The following factors characterize the emotional intelligence in project managers. The project manager’s awareness of self It is not possible to lead and guide others without being aware of…
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3 Ways to Motivate Your Employees: Project Management Leadership
How to ensure that the highly qualified, enthusiastic, and frankly, great people to work with – stick around? Yes, money, benefits, position, and other tangible factors are important. But they aren’t the only things that motivate your employees. In fact, they don’t even top the list! While a walk in the dusty past will show you that greed, honor, and fear are effective motivators, there’s something even better. And that’s an employee’s satisfaction with the project. If you want to motivate your employees, ensure they’re satisfied. This satisfaction stems from…
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Essential Elements and Stages Of A Medical Device Development Project
There are a lot of complex moving parts in all the stages of a medical device development project. Plus, the exact process for development projects differs across companies, industries, and regions. Market and regulatory requirements that hold true for European companies may not be applicable for a company in the USA. A company located elsewhere but wanting to market to Europe would have different requirements. And so on. As a result, no two medical device development projects are the same. But there’s one thing they all share. Any medical device development…
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Is your project management style what your medical device project needs?
When we talk about project leadership or team leadership, everyone has a unique approach and style. You develop a certain project management style based on your personality, experiences, and company culture. After 25+ years as project management consultants, we have broadly grouped project management styles into seven different categories. What are the 7 different project management styles? How do you know what your default project management style is? Is your default project management style what your medical device project needs from you? What do you do if one of your…
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