In speaking to an ExecSense audience recently about coaching, I realized that coaching is not only relevant to COOs but can be the difference between success and failure on any project or for any project leader.
When I spoke at the Project Managers SIG in Silicon Valley recently, we spent the majority of the time talking about overcoming obstacles. Upon returning, I faced several new obstacles in a construction project I've been coordinating, and so I've been thinking of the critical importance of overcoming obstacles. [...]
Do you have to collaborate across functions to be successful? How about cross-companies?
We have entered a new normal business environment – and we aren’t going back to the way it used to be!
As important as project teams, project tasks, and critical milestones are to project success, they do not compare to the importance of marketing.
As we start off the New Year, it often takes a while to get back into the swing of things.
As we close out the year, wouldn’t it be nice to achieve year-end results with critical projects?
As the 80/20 of business success can be traced back to leadership and communications, what could be more important?
As the headlines on the Wall Street Journal and business magazines are increasingly concerned about the economy in today’s new normal, businesses are re-thinking their business plans and searching for opportunities to increase profitability and cash flow.
Lean IT is about providing value in the eyes of the customer, driving out non-value-added work, and leveraging systems to achieve bottom line results.
