“Can you manage a project without planning?” I ask this question to participants in our project management workshops around the world. Regardless of where I’m teaching, participants typically respond as follows: Multiple people will say, “No!” Then someone will say, “Well….” Then another person will admit, “We do it all the time!” I suppose it... Continue Reading →
The Most Important Lesson You Learned Last Year
What did you learn last year? It’s a simple enough question, and it would be easy to answer it with, “Well, I learned a lot!” But I’d like you to get more specific. What’s something specific you learned in the last 12 months that either you didn’t know before or you had to re-learn? What... Continue Reading →
Dealing With Stakeholders Who Throw Daggers
“Watch out for Susan. She pretends to be nice then blindsides you every chance she gets. It’s always all about her. Don’t trust her.” It was my first week at a new company. I was a newly hired IT leader being warned by a colleague about my peer on the Marketing side of the house.... Continue Reading →