Focus Driven Change: Change Management Lessons from Ordinary Life
I was recently asked to speak at my son’s school on behalf of a wonderful program he has been a part of for the last two years. The parents in this school have a choice to make about where they send their children to participate in this program. They can keep their children at their […]
Are you owning the project management process, or are they?
Have you ever heard a stakeholder on your project say, “I’m completing the template you guys asked me to complete?” Or maybe you’ve heard, “I’m completing the steps in your process.” Do you know what’s wrong with both of those sentences? They didn’t say “our,” they said “your.” Sometimes we think we’ve done a good […]
Fight, Flight or Freeze – Resistance to Implementing PM Practices
Have you struggled with getting your PMO setup or with getting PM practices in place in your organization? It may not be the best practices themselves, but the way you are going about implementing them that is causing the problem.
Project Management Day of Service (PMDoS®) 2017
Board of Directors of Project Management for Change: Laura Barnard, Mike Hannan, Kendall Lott, Marcus Parker; Ms. Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National Community Service; nonprofit participants On January 16, 2017, Martin Luther King Day, a national day of service, over 250 project management volunteers came together to help launch over 50 critical […]
“Be More Strategic”
Have you ever been told that you need to be more strategic? Did you think to yourself, “Geez, I thought I was being strategic!” What the heck does it mean to be strategic, anyway, and how do you know if you are doing it?