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Lessons Learned from Awful Project Managers

Published in "Project Times" website, February, 2011 Click here for original article. After leading and participating in hundreds of projects in multiple companies, industries, and countries, I’ve found that there is as much if not more to learn by observing awful project managers than exceptional project managers.  I’d be [...]

2024-06-15T03:20:58-07:00February 15, 2011|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , |

Jump Start Your Project in the New Year

Published in "Project Times" website, January, 2011 Click here for original article. Projects often stall during the holiday season – or, at best, lose momentum. Typically, businesses are consumed in covering vacation schedules, dealing with last minute customer questions or crises (which somehow always seem to come up the [...]

2024-06-15T03:19:24-07:00January 5, 2011|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , , |

Project Success: It Begins & Ends in Leadership

Published in "Project Times" website, November, 2010 Click here for original article. In today’s global economy, project success can make or break any company, as the race is more challenging than it’s been in decades to grow the business and continue to find new ways to trim costs.  Every [...]

2024-06-15T13:09:57-07:00November 10, 2010|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , |

Why Organization Can Make or Break Your Project

Published in "Project Times" website, August, 2010 Click here for original article. While working closely on multiple client projects lately, I noticed that organization (being organized) can make or break a project.  I also find that it is an underutilized and underappreciated skill. So if your organization has this [...]

Slam Dunk to Executive Commitment

Published in "Project Times" website, June, 2010 Click here for original article. There’s no doubt that executive commitment is a critical ingredient to meeting and exceeding project results.  As a former VP of Operations and a global business consultant, I’ve been involved with or led hundreds of projects.  A [...]

2024-06-15T13:17:30-07:00June 23, 2010|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , |

Top Three Causes of Project Failure

Published in "Project Times" website, April, 2010 Click here for original article. So much of an organization’s success is tied to project success!  Can you think of any significant organization initiative or improvement that didn’t tie to at least one project?  I’ve worked with many organizations, across diverse industries [...]

2024-06-15T13:19:42-07:00April 28, 2010|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , , , |

Project Risk – Should You Care?

Published in "Project Times" website, March, 2010 Click here for original article. In my experience, most organizations discuss risk but rarely implement a plan that would mitigate real risks.  Why?  I think it’s because everyone knows risk should be considered but few are clear on how to be successful [...]

2024-06-15T13:21:10-07:00March 31, 2010|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , , |

Why Project Planning is Critical to Attaining Strategy Objectives

Published in "Project Times" website, March 3, 2010 Click here for original article. As we are beginning to emerge from the recession (and starting to feel as though we've survived the worst of it), executives are beginning to think about "what's next" - how to achieve their strategy and [...]

Top Traits of Successful Project Leaders

Published in "Project Times" website, January, 2010 Click here for original article. As we kick off 2010, it seems appropriate to consider how to "start on the right foot". After all, in 2009, many businesses were suffering in the recession and searching for cash flow; thus, many projects went [...]

Accelerate Project Results

Published in "Project Times" website, December, 2009 Click here for original article. In today's news headlines, we hear that companies are beginning to rebound from the recession in terms of improved profit; however, when we dig further, it's clear that the majority of the improvement is due to cost [...]

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