Professional credentials can help project managers climb to the executive suite.

by Libby Ellis

Even project managers with stellar project skills, reputable track records and resumes that demonstrate a rise through the ranks are not always in line for executive-level positions. The missing piece could be professional credentials. More and more, project managers around the world find that earning the Project Management Professional (PMP^®) or the Program Management Professional (PgMP)^SM credential could help them move into the executive suite.

Project management consultants must win respect from their team members, even on high-stress, short-term assignments.

by Jeffrey Steele

Project management consultants rarely have time to develop the same rapport with their teams that organization-based project managers have. But they still need to win the respect and confidence of team members from project to project and from organization to organization.