by lewsauder | Sep 11, 2020 | Communication, Planning
Project management is a complex combination of many disciplines. A successful project manager becomes adept to juggling all of them. Each discipline is used in a balance for successful project outcomes. Organization Organization is one of the key disciplines of...
by lewsauder | Aug 28, 2020 | Communication, Leadership, Stakeholder Management
Project managers have a lot of responsibilities. They need to develop a plan and be able to execute it throughout the project. They need to deal with issues, risks, changes to the plan and a myriad of unplanned interruptions. On top of all of that, they have a team...
by lewsauder | Aug 14, 2020 | Career Management, Communication, Leadership, Planning
We often think of project managers being overly organized. Tracking their to do list and checking items off of the project plans, they move the project forward. Getting the project done on time an on budget is the goal. Things happen on a daily basis that always tend...
by lewsauder | Jul 31, 2020 | Career Management
We are in the middle of the COVID-19 Recession. Millions of people have been put out of work. Unemployment levels have exceeded those of the great recession of 2007-08. We are now comparing it to the Great Depression. Unemployment has hit project and program managers...
by lewsauder | Jul 17, 2020 | Communication, Leadership, Stakeholder Management
Project managers often bemoan that their responsibility outweighs their authority. It is never so true when trying to get a response from the unresponsive. It may be a team member, or a remote stakeholder that you are dealing with. It has happened to me many times. I...