Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett With team members from different areas in the business, or outside vendors, who all have perspectives that aren’t aligning, it’s not always easy to manage. There are ways to get everyone seeing things from the same perspective, even though they a…
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Project Management Insights : How To Bring Different Team Views Together
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett With team members from different areas in the business, or outside vendors, who all have perspectives that aren’t aligning, it’s not always easy to manage. There are ways to get everyone seeing things from the same perspective, even though they a…
Project Management Insights : Let’s Get Raw About Risk Management
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Risks can be of great benefit to us if we are willing to see them that way. Did you call out risks in your Business Case? Maybe if you didn’t you might go back and develop that list. I know it’s easy to hate risk management. I want to talk to you…
Project Management Insights : How To Manage Your Issues
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Issues management is easy when you know-how. Let me explain the process that I’ve used to manage issues. It’s easy and works well to capture, track and monitor your issues.
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Project Management Insights : How’s Your Schedule?
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett What state is your schedule in? Is everything on track and you’re totally smashing delivery? Or are some of your tasks that are slipping and the project is beginning to slide? Perhaps you have a total train wreck. Let’s talk about your sche…
Project Management Insights : Why It’s Of Value To Pick Up the Phone
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Picking up the phone can be the simplest way to reconnect with a team member. It’s much more personal than sending an email. What I found is picking up the phone I get an instant response, and of course that relies on the person being at their desk, or…
Project Management Insights : How To Re-establish Trust With Your Team
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Trust is one of those things that isn’t always easy to gain. Once you lose someone’s trust it’s not easy to get it back. Unless you know-how. Here are some ways that you can begin to rebuild trust with your team members. You may be very surprised at th…
Project Management Insights : The Importance of Having the Right Project Foundations
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett What do I mean by ‘Project Foundations’? I’m talking about things such as a strong Business Case and Business Requirements. You wouldn’t consider building a house without plans, would you? Then why start a project without a detailed b…
Project Management Insights : Why Conflict On a Project Team Is Great
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett You probably think I’m crazy, right? You hate conflict and for me to say it’s great, I must be crazy. Hear me out. When you have conflict do you notice that people are speaking up and telling you what they think? That’s why I say it’s great. From that …
Project Management Insights : Tips For Making Risk Management Easy
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Risk Management can be easy if you come at it from the right way. Engaging everyone on the team in risk management, for one thing, will help. Start considering risk right from the process of Business Case writing. It’s then easier to track and work wit…
Project Management Insights : How To Engage Your Project Sponsor
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Having your Project Sponsor fully on board and supporting you and the project you are managing is key. There are a number of things you can do to engage your sponsor and add value, so they become your number one ally and supporter, no matter what is ha…
Project Management Insights : Try Exception Reporting For Your Project
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett How long does it take you to prepare your weekly or monthly Project Reports? I’m guessing quite a while if you follow the standard reporting procedures which is to provide lots of detail. How much of what you produce is ever fully read? I’m…
Project Management Insights : Why Change Management Is Important For Your Project Success
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Change management is all about getting people on board with a change. And given that the project you are managing is all about making a change for the business, it makes sense to have someone support you to get people to accept the change you’re making…
Project Management Insights : How To Get Your Message Across To Team Members
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett People take in information in different ways. Have you thought about that? Having a conversation with one person might have them clear and understanding what you want of them. For another person, you would need to draw it out and let them see it …
Project Management Insights : The Core Skills You Are Missing As a Project Manager
Project Management Insights https://anchor.fm/project-management-insights by Karen Cherrett Do you think that by undertaking our PMI training you have all the skills necessary to be a great Project Manager? That’s not quite true. There are a number of other ‘core’ skills that are even more important than what you learnt in your training…
Tara Brach : 2012-03-28 – Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-03-28 – Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body – Our fear management strategies–versions of fight/flight– contract our body and mind, and separate us from others. As we learn to pause and contact the bodily fear with a gentle, mindful awaren…