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How Project Sponsors Can Help New Project Managers

While much of the time we don’t expect the project sponsor to be hands-on with a project, it is of value if they are more involved when working with new project managers. A new project manager needs significant support to be successful managing their first project and the sponsor can provide this support by:

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Socialize Your 360 Initiative

I have an increasing number of clients interested in moving forward with 360 feedback projects – especially now that we are starting off a new year. It’s a great time for many and provides them information needed to develop training programs of value to their employees. For each one of them, I have focused on […]

Do You Learn From Experience?

Do you learn from your experiences? The most effective leaders learn from their experiences of the week. They are willing, able and ready to learn – they are not arrogant enough to assume they know it all.

Learning from experience is especially essential in developing critical skills – communication, negotiation, emotional intelligence. Every day […]

Preparing for an Employee Performance Review

Too often we don’t prepare for a performance review session with an employee. We are not comfortable having a conversation with the employee (especially if we have to talk about issues with performance) and put off having the meeting as long as we can. Then, when we finally sit down to meet with the […]

Analyzing Complex Issues

When you have a complex problem before the team, take a few simple steps to analyze and resolve the issue in a logical way. Too often we get thrown off by problems that arise on projects and react too quickly. Taking the time to think through the issue, and why it has occurred, enables […]