Your Career Should Be Further Along

Learn strategically. Get certified. Advance faster

Videos, Guides, Templates, Downloads & more to help you succeed:

The Compaq Story. How one whiteboard drawing in a job interview changed my career overnight.
What PRINCE2 actually is. Not the textbook version. The real version that helps you advance your career.
The Project Career Map. Why project careers stall and what you can do about it.
The Project Delivery Toolkit. Seven practical project management templates available free inside the Prepare2Lead community.

From Support PM to Senior Leader. Learn strategically. Get certified. Advance faster

READY TO GET CERTIFIED

PRINCE2 7 Project Mgt

PRINCE2 7 Project Management certification. Official PeopleCert course available through Prepare2Lead.

PRINCE2
Agile

Agile certification. Combining PRINCE2 governance with agile delivery. Available through Prepare2Lead.

M_o_R Risk Management

M_o_R 4 Management of Risk certification. Available through Prepare2Lead a PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation.

MSP Managing Programmes

MSP 5th Edition Managing Successful Programmes certification. Available through Prepare2Lead a PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation.

Portfolio Management

PRINCE2 Portfolio Management certification guide from PeopleCert.
Prepare2Lead is a PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation authorised to deliver PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, MSP and M_o_R certification.

Learn a recognised professional qualification that helps you build a credible career.

Feel confident in how you approach and run project work
Know how projects are governed and controlled, without guessing
Make better project decisions under pressure
Strengthen your professional credibility with a recognised qualification
Approach PRINCE2 certification properly, with confidence rather than cramming
James J. Bailey teaching PRINCE2 project management. Accredited PRINCE2 trainer and Associate Director with two decades of government programme delivery experience
Prepare2Lead Training Centre available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Online project management training and certification

Feel confident doing the job well

Gain confidence in how you approach project work, make decisions, and contribute in live delivery environments.

Understand what PRINCE2 looks like in practice, not just on paper.

Have a way of working you can rely on

Develop a structured, recognised way of working you can apply day to day, rather than relying on guesswork or templates.

Know how to approach project situations with clarity and purpose.

Build credibility and move forward

Earn a recognised PRINCE2 qualification and use it properly at work.

Strengthening your professional credibility and positioning yourself for progression in project based roles.

Ready to advance your
project management career?

AMAZON PROJECT MANAGEMENT GUIDES


Write a Winning Business Case (4.0 ★)

Write a Winning Business Case. A practical guide based on the Five Case Model by James J. Bailey. Available on Amazon. Rated 4.0 stars.

Write a Strong Project Initiation Document (4.2 ★)

Write a Strong Project Initiation Document. A practical guide to starting your project with control and clarity by James J. Bailey. Available on Amazon. Rated 4.2 stars.

Write an Effective Project Execution Plan (5.0 ★)

Write an Effective Project Execution Plan. A practical guide to managing delivery and control by James J. Bailey. Available on Amazon. Rated 5.0 stars.

I’m James J. Bailey.

Associate Director. Senior PMO Lead. SC Cleared. Two decades delivering complex programmes across central government, civil service, police and space agencies.

I started one grade above graduate. I worked my way up by learning strategically and demonstrating I could operate at the next level before anyone gave me the title.

My first breakthrough came at a Compaq interview. When asked what a project plan looks like, I walked to the whiteboard and drew the entire structure. Stages, Dependencies, Decision points, Risk and Reporting.

The Programme Director said: “If that’s how our plans are going to look, you’re hired.”

I went from £19,000 to £60,000 in two weeks.

That approach never changed.

Every qualification I pursued had a purpose. When a UK Space Agency contract required Better Business Cases certification, I identified the gap, got certified, and landed the contract at £950 a day.

Intentional learning. Targeted credentials. Real career results.

My mission is simple. To make career progression real and deliberate. Because capable people get passed over every day. Not because they lack ability, but because they lack visibility, credibility and a clear path forward.

That is what Prepare2Lead is built to do.