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Managing Vendors

Part III

Read Part I and Part II of our story.

In the third and final part of this story we’ll share the outcomes of the first few vendor meetings.

Three vendor/company meetings were scheduled in the evening. It was decided to have four separate meetings in order to keep the groups smaller and also […]

Managing Vendor Issues

Part II

Read Part I of our story for background information.

In this Part, we’ll share how we used this information to develop an action plan for resolving our vendor issues.

Much of the time, as we learned from doing a bit of research at this client, problems with vendors do not solely reside with […]

Researching Vendor Issues

Part I

Over coffee a few weeks ago a client asked how they might better work with their vendors. She told me that her department has been working with the same four vendors for the last two years; but lately she feels that the relationship is not as good as it should be. Specifically, she […]

Resolving Conflicts with a Coworker – Part III

Read Part I and Part II of our story for background information.

They scheduled another meeting with the team and this time showed that they were in agreement. They collaboratively presented how the project would be managed and reviewed roles and responsibilities with the team.

They are now four months into the project. Their plan […]

Resolving Conflicts with a Coworker – Part II

Read Part I for background information on the story.

Samantha and Eric are meeting. Samantha decided that she would not focus too much on the initial team meeting as she didn’t want Eric to get defensive. She felt that by focusing on the past meeting may not add much value and rather she would focus […]