Published in "Project Times" website, November, 2011 Click here for original article. As we close out the year, wouldn’t it be nice to achieve year-end results with critical projects? As many companies and leaders get lost in the holidays, it is an opportunity for those who stay focused on [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, November 2, 2011 Click here for original article. As the headlines on the Wall Street Journal and business magazines are increasingly concerned about the economy in today’s new normal, businesses are re-thinking their business plans and searching for opportunities to increase profitability and cash [...]
Apply lean methodologies to project management to gain a competitive advantage. Published in "Project Times" website, October, 2011 Click here for original article. There’s no doubt that there is a vast amount of interest in lean principles. I’ve had multiple client requests – both ones who are interested in [...]
As I just spoke on the “Secrets of Project Leadership Success in the New Normal” at ProjectWorld / BusinessAnalystWorld in Vancouver and had some fascinating discussions with other speakers and participants, it got me thinking about how often excpetion project managers are undervalued. As it’s clear that those companies [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, September, 2011 Click here for original article. In today’s new normal business environment, there is a lack of a robust recovery and fears of a double-dip recession. No more easy sales. No more easy profitability. Instead, it will require more expertise and creativity to [...]
Achieve project success by engaging employees through a clear vision, attainable goals and positive feedback. Published in "Project Times" website, August, 2011 Click here for original article. In today’s new normal business environment, sales are lackluster, cash is tight and material prices are squeezing margins. Thus, those projects which [...]
As originally published in Inside Supply Management August 2011 Achieve an entrepreneurial spirit or be left to slowly wither away in today’s new normal business environment. With the retiring of the baby boomers, high commodity prices and nagging unemployment, the new normal is characterized by weak sales growth (at [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, July, 2011 Click here for original article. Project management has become an urgent priority! In the last few years, I’ve yet to see a client or talk with a business contact who hasn’t been concerned about achieving the results of key projects – on [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, June, 2011 Click here for original article. In my 20 years of experience both as a former VP of Operations and a business consultant and entrepreneur, I've run across many different companies in different industries with different people, different processes and different systems, and [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, June, 2011 Click here for original article. In today’s new “normal” business environment characterized by lackluster sales and strained liquidity with elevated customer expectations, there is no room for project failure. Companies need every dollar of increased sales or reduced costs in order to [...]
