by lewsauder | Jan 22, 2021 | Leadership, Planning
Have you ever had to “run something past legal” in your career? Whenever I have had to do that, I have often suspected that the legal team was somehow against our organization making progress. Legal is notorious for saying, “You can’t do that because…”And the reasons...
by lewsauder | Jul 3, 2020 | Leadership, Planning
We have all been talking about business disruption for a few years. But none of us foresaw the disruption that COVID-19 has inflicted upon us. It has taken over virtually every aspect of our lives. How we do business, socialize, learn, and shop. Terms that we had...
by lewsauder | May 19, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Planning
One of the most forgotten and ignored aspects of project management is risk management. The project plan and issues log get a lot of attention. And rightfully so. Those are important aspects of a project. If you don’t pay attention to the tasks that need to be...
by lewsauder | Aug 6, 2014 | Planning
The Scout Motto is “Be prepared”. I don’t know if a study has ever been done to determine whether former scouts make better project managers, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was a correlation. The most successful project managers I know...
by lewsauder | Jul 30, 2014 | Planning
I recently went on a family vacation to Vermont. Even while I was admiring the beautiful green mountains of that state, I couldn’t help but get distracted thinking about project risk. We were visiting some family who took us on a drive to Stowe, VT. It was a...
