by lewsauder | Jan 15, 2025 | Communication, Leadership, Planning, Podcast, Stakeholder Management, Working remote
I recently was involved in a very successful project start up with a consulting client. Everything seemed to fall into place. The client walked away happy. We learned a lot about their business. It set us up for success for the future of the project. As the saying...
by lewsauder | Feb 5, 2021 | Career Management, Communication, Leadership
I’ve mentioned in this blog before of my interest in U.S History, particularly when it comes to presidents. It’s an apolitical interest. I’m much more interested in a president’s leadership quality than where they stood on the political spectrum. In 1929, the United...
by lewsauder | Jan 8, 2021 | Communication, Leadership, Stakeholder Management
I’ve often compared project management to juggling. Project managers have to manage many different aspects of a project. Meetings need to be scheduled and planned. Personnel issues need to be dealt with. Schedules need to be maintained. In addition, there is a large...
by lewsauder | Oct 9, 2020 | Communication, Leadership, Stakeholder Management
I once worked for a very controlling manager. His primary focus was always to control every moment of the day. He was the CEO and he never missed an opportunity to remind people of his title. If anyone pushed back in the slightest way to one of his decisions, he...
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...
