I had a situation where I had to cancel all my meetings for a particular initiative because the sponsor moved to another project and all of a sudden no one showed up! Frustrating, I had no choice after 4 consecutive no show meetings, to cancel all of the weekly meetings for the rest of the…
Many times we come across cost challenges in our projects. Often, funds are removed in the middle of planning and sometimes execution. At other times a natural disaster, union strike, or other unplanned event can exhaust our monetary resources. When this happens to you, there are some ways you can mitigate before determining you need…
I suspect the phrase Acts of God is most amusing to the One with whom it attempts to label which activities are especially His. Insurance companies fall on this when referring to severe weather causing catastrophes, an uncontrollable force where the outcome is unknown. While I think we have a Bible that helps us know,…
It is simple math: your job requires 8 hours of work (really 6.5 with breaks, relationship building, non-work tasks at work) and you don’t have extra time in the day. Since you started or since your company came up to capacity you have never had the occasion, say around 3:30pm, to say, “I have nothing…
Decisions made before you arrived that exclude certain staff members preferences become a sticking point for participation from that person throughout the project
Besides politics, inability to increase funding or resources, and incomplete planning, speediness is one of the top reasons why projects fail. In addition to a lack of patience within the project arena, external support is also a factor: Key staff with critical project knowledge are laid off to hasten the payroll savings their departure brings,…