Stay in the manufacturing game- avoid common program management pitfalls. In today’s business environment, manufacturing leaders must do more with less – and deliver superior customer service at the same time. In my 25 years of experience as an operations executive and global business consultant, I’m seeing an unprecedented [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, October, 2012 Click here for original article. As a global business consultant, entrepreneur and operations strategist, I’ve seen countless business strategies, plans and projects succeed or fail based solely on what might be considered a nonessential question. On one hand, I’ve promoted that leaders [...]
Successful project management needs to start with an objective, get the right team in place and aggressively anticipate and manage roadblocks. Published in "Project Times" website, September, 2012 Click here for original article. Do you sit in project meetings? How about develop project plans? Report out to executives or [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, August, 2012 Click here for original article. Is accountability a key component to project management? Only if you want to succeed! I often make the mistake of assuming that project leaders and team members understand the critical value of accountability (as I believe it [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, July, 2012 Click here for original article. Although I consult with clients globally on how to improve operational performance, I find the 80/20 of achieving bottom line business results traces back to a series of successful project/ program rollouts. Thus, it is paramount I [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, June 19, 2012 Click here for original article. In speaking to an ExecSense audience recently about coaching, I realized that coaching is not only relevant to COOs but can be the difference between success and failure on any project or for any project leader. [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, May, 2012 Click here for original article. When I spoke at the Project Managers SIG in Silicon Valley recently, we spent the majority of the time talking about overcoming obstacles. Upon returning, I faced several new obstacles in a construction project I've been coordinating, [...]
Do you have to collaborate across functions to be successful? How about cross-companies? Project team collaboration is no longer sufficient. Neither is cross-functional collaboration! I’m seeing an increasing trend towards projects that require cross-company collaboration. Find a way to get onboard; otherwise you’ll see your competition pass you in [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, March 2012 Click here for original article. We have entered a new normal business environment – and we aren’t going back to the way it used to be! Customers are demanding more for less, companies are hoarding cash and growing the top line is [...]
Published in "Project Times" website, February, 2012 Click here for original article. As important as project teams, project tasks, and critical milestones are to project success, they do not compare to the importance of marketing. To succeed in today’s new normal business environment where sales are lackluster, cash is [...]
