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Critical Knowledge inSight: Psychological Safety for Effective Team Communication

Psychological safety and intentional meeting design and execution are important elements for collecting diverse ideas from your team.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Common Team Challenges and Advice for Team Leaders

Team leads have a responsibility to help position their team to be successful.

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A view of one of the large test structures located at the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF) on Oct. 19, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The LETF is a unique set of structures, equipment and tools built to test full-scale umbilicals and release mechanisms for the space shuttle. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Critical Knowledge inSight: First-time Build Challenges are Inevitable

New technologies and their risks are difficult to characterize and provide important opportunities for lessons learned and process improvements.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Best Practices for Managing Small Projects

Small projects have unique characteristics that should be closely observed to help achieve a successful outcome.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Focus on People to Prevent Mistakes and Their Consequences

A program/project manager should spend time building relationships and interacting with their team in the work environment.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Building Resilience

A project manager can build resilience skills to perform better on the job.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Recognizing Personal Limitations

An important leadership skill is to be able to recognize your strengths and limitations and obtain guidance from the right experts.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: The Importance of Resilience for Project Managers

A resilient project manager stays flexible and open to making changes when adversity or opportunities affect a project.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Open-mindedness

A leader who keeps an open mind will bring in more diverse opinions and ideas to help a project succeed.

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