If you've been around projects long enough you know the drill... There are real problems being encountered but everyone above you seems to either be unaware or uninterested in grappling with them.Denial is a powerful defense mechanism but rarely an effective project management strategy.Eventually there's a project crisis. Rinse and repeat.Since we regularly help organizations... Continue Reading →
Stakeholders and Trust
Ever find yourself complaining about people in other departments or on other teams? You have to rely on them to get things done but they're always challenging you?Or maybe it's management. Yeah, they're the problem. They're so pushy, won't listen to logic, and too often micro-manage.If you run a company or are in sales, maybe... Continue Reading →
Does teambuilding work?
I had to chuckle when reading Lorna MacLaren's article "Can this really make you a better boss?"(from Scotland's "The Herald" Online).As she's perched some 14 feet up on a wooden pole during a teambuilding exercise, she wonders how effective it can be for companies to be "shelling out small fortunes to scare the wits out... Continue Reading →
