Published in "Project Times" website, January, 2011 Click here for original article. Projects often stall during the holiday season – or, at best, lose momentum. Typically, businesses are consumed in covering vacation schedules, dealing with last minute customer questions or crises (which somehow always seem to come up the [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, December, 2010 Click here for original article. During the recession, many ERP (enterprise resource planning) system implementations have been put on hold. Now that we are emerging from the recession, companies are beginning to think about implementing – even if not a full implementation, [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, November, 2010 Click here for original article. In today’s global economy, project success can make or break any company, as the race is more challenging than it’s been in decades to grow the business and continue to find new ways to trim costs. Every [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, October, 2010 Click here for original article. In my 20 years of experience and participation in 1000s of projects as a former VP of Operations, Business Consultant and Entrepreneur across multiple industries and globally, there has been one constant – projects don’t fail in [...]
As innovation is key to succeeding in the “new normal”, I thought a few tips might prove helpful: Create a culture of innovation – it’s not enough to encourage innovation in R&D. Those companies who create a culture of innovation will be those who succeed. Start with the customer [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, September, 2010 Click here for original article. As successful project management is integral to thriving in today’s environment, what could be considered a lingering recession or somewhat of a recovery, the company that can deliver project results with absolute assurance will lead the race. [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, August, 2010 Click here for original article. While working closely on multiple client projects lately, I noticed that organization (being organized) can make or break a project. I also find that it is an underutilized and underappreciated skill. So if your organization has this [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, July, 2010 Click here for original article. It seems unbelievable that my clients would be struggling to find and retain excellent project managers in today’s economy – after all, aren’t we still emerging from a recession? However, once there are multiple data points with [...]
In order to succeed in today's business world, it is imperative to become excellent at change management. After all, almost every new project or initiative requires change of some sort. Therefore, the better you become at managing change successfully, the better your bottom line impact. According to Harvard Business [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, June, 2010 Click here for original article. There’s no doubt that executive commitment is a critical ingredient to meeting and exceeding project results. As a former VP of Operations and a global business consultant, I’ve been involved with or led hundreds of projects. A [...]
