Greetings Leaders! In an effort to stay relevant and useful to my clients, I often ask myself “what value am I adding to the projects I manage?” There are many different ways a project manager can be engaged on a project and these include: High level or strategic project managers who focus on aligning projects […]
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Greetings Leaders! This is the second posting on How to Run Better Meetings. In the first posting, we discussed the importance of getting executive sponsorship to improve meeting effectiveness across the organization. Today we are going to look at the first tactical step in improving the outcomes of meetings that YOU lead. I am defining
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Greetings Leaders! A friend on twitter (@markviii) suggested I write a blog on how to run better corporate board meetings. I’ve taught this before, and thought it would be an easy blog to write. Boy was I mistaken. After giving this some serious thought, I decided to run this as a series because of all
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I just realized it is somewhat funny that as a seasoned project manager that I haven’t really blogged about project management before. I’ve been pondering how organizations, both public and private, are responding to the financial crisis, and have come to some interesting conclusions. 1. Despite all the talk about aligning corporate projects with strategic goals, I am amazed at the
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Have you ever led a project or task that was politically sensitive? To be successful in these kinds of environments, it is vital that you plan your meetings carefully to ensure you maintain control over the outcome. This does not mean you will always prevail in having a decsion go your way – but it
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