Goal Control tips
I have been around a lot of talk this week on ‘Leadership’ and ‘Management’. I suppose it is to be expected, given that I have been running various training sessions and forums over the week, ranging from a ‘Strategy in Action’ workshop that I ran for one client through to a ‘Welding [...]
Gabriella Climi has come a long way in a short time. Her single ‘Sweet about me’ has sold over 2 million copies world-wide, she’s won numerous music awards and sang the Australian National Anthem at the Melbourne Grand-Prix last weekend. She’s just 18. And she has a secret – a [...]
A guy I met recently was told by his UK employer that he was too sick to hold down a senior job, even though he was a rising star and was the youngest employee to ever hold his then current role. That clearly did not sit with his view of [...]
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – John Dryden Improved self-management involves changing our behaviours. Often this means breaking old habits that we ‘know’ do not serve us well. The ruthless reality, though, is that our habits (both good and bad), exert a vice-like grip [...]
It’s amazing how people who don’t do ‘Change Management’ can make change happen! I was recently asked to facilitate a team meeting within a client’s Kick-Off event based upon ‘Change Management’. None of those present were ‘Change Champions’, Project Managers’ or held ‘black-belt’ titles in anything work related. They are [...]
Projects can and do go wrong. The UK government has deep experience – and often deeply painful experience – with projects. That’s why when the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) within the Treasury produce a list of common causes of project failure, it might be worth [...]
I made an 84 mile round trip yesterday evening to hear Tom Ilube, a member of the founding team of Egg PLC and now CEO of online protection company, Garlik. He was speaking at a WOW! event on 5 of his insights into building a business. I have no doubt [...]
The world will not always be on your side, that’s reality….. and we should not let that deter us from creating and delivering our magnificent obsession . […]
Establishing a firm foundation for a project is critical to its success. If you don’t, then it’s a bit like building a house without bothering to lay proper footings. Things might look OK for a while (although if you look closely you can probably see the cracks already appearing). Inevitably [...]
Let me clarify that: Microsoft Project, on its own, is not a good project management tool. This was bought into sharp focus for me again yesterday when I was supporting a rock-solid business unit leader struggling with the weight of too much to do. He is not a formal ‘Project Manager’ [...]
