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Project Management Coaching Best Practices

Published in "Project Times" website, June 19, 2012 Click here for original article. 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. [...]

2024-06-15T13:44:14-07:00June 19, 2012|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , |

What are the Top 3 Obstacles in Projects

Published in "Project Times" website, May, 2012 Click here for original article. 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, [...]

Case Study in Cross-Company Project Collaboration

Do you have to collaborate across functions to be successful?  How about cross-companies?  Project team collaboration is no longer sufficient.  Neither is cross-functional collaboration!  I’m seeing an increasing trend towards projects that require cross-company collaboration.  Find a way to get onboard; otherwise you’ll see your competition pass you in [...]

Can we Leverage Social Networks to Drive Project Success?

Published in "Project Times" website, March 2012 Click here for original article. We have entered a new normal business environment – and we aren’t going back to the way it used to be!  Customers are demanding more for less, companies are hoarding cash and growing the top line is [...]

2024-06-15T03:34:52-07:00March 6, 2012|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , |

How Do We Market & Promote a Project to Ensure Success?

Published in "Project Times" website, February, 2012 Click here for original article. As important as project teams, project tasks, and critical milestones are to project success, they do not compare to the importance of marketing.  To succeed in today’s new normal business environment where sales are lackluster, cash is [...]

2024-06-15T13:39:46-07:00February 1, 2012|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , |

Start off the New Year with a Quick Win

Published in "Project Times" website, January, 2012 Click here for original article. As we start off the New Year, it often takes a while to get back into the swing of things.  Thus, project results can become delayed or dampened while ramping back up to speed.  Instead, in today’s [...]

2024-06-15T13:38:54-07:00January 4, 2012|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , |

Would You Like to Close Out the Year with Project Success?

Published in "Project Times" website, November, 2011 Click here for original article. As we close out the year, wouldn’t it be nice to achieve year-end results with critical projects?  As many companies and leaders get lost in the holidays, it is an opportunity for those who stay focused on [...]

2024-06-15T03:32:12-07:00November 30, 2011|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , , , |

How Should We Set Project Goals?

Published in "Project Times" website, November 2, 2011 Click here for original article. 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 [...]

2024-06-15T12:53:39-07:00November 2, 2011|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , |

How Do You Implement Lean for Project Management?

Apply lean methodologies to project management to gain a competitive advantage. Published in "Project Times" website, October, 2011 Click here for original article. There’s no doubt that there is a vast amount of interest in lean principles. I’ve had multiple client requests – both ones who are interested in [...]

Are You Undervaluing Your Project Leaders?

As I just spoke on the “Secrets of Project Leadership Success in the New Normal” at ProjectWorld / BusinessAnalystWorld in Vancouver and had some fascinating discussions with other speakers and participants, it got me thinking about how often excpetion project managers are undervalued. As it’s clear that those companies [...]

2024-06-15T12:55:12-07:00October 11, 2011|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , |
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