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The Five Stages of Team Development and the Role of the Project Manager

The first four stages of the team development model was proposed and developed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. In 1977, Tuckman teamed up with Mary Ann Jensen and added the 5th stage – adjourning.

Every team goes through the five stages of team development; there are no exceptions. Regardless of whether a team is […]

Keeping Control of Your Projects – Part 2

Sponsors/Key Stakeholder Communications

See Part I for the first part of this article on team communications.

In this post we’ll approach communications from the perspective of sponsors and other key stakeholders.

Managing your sponsors and key stakeholders is essential to ensure your project meets their needs. We want to control our communications – meeting the […]

Keeping Control of Your Projects – Part I

Team Communications

Too often I hear project managers tell me that they lose control of their projects – specifically around conmunications. Too much is going on and they can’t keep up with everything, no one is communicating in a way that works for others and it seems that the sponsor and other key stakeholders are […]

Keeping Remote Employees Engaged

I have a number of clients who have remote (virtual) employees. For a number of these clients, they are challenged with keeping these employees engaged. They aren’t worried about the work getting done, they are worried that the employees may feel too disconnected from the workplace and that they may lose good talent because of […]

Helping a Team Member Who Wants to Do More

Sometimes we have team members who want to do more, but just don’t have the skills or experience needed. We don’t want to discourage them from taking on additional responsibilities, but also want to be careful since they don’t have the skills necessary and the risk may be too high. Here are a few suggestions […]