How to Engage Stakeholders and Gain Management Buy-In
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How do you engage senior stakeholders and gain management buy-in? In this post, the Lazy Leader provides you with some strategies.
3 Sure-Fire Ways to a Good Project Schedule
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A good project schedule doesn’t tell you what you want to hear. A good project schedule tells you what you need to know.
Delivering Projects—10 Vital Ways to Business Success
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Most people will say that a project is a temporary management setting needed to deliver some unique benefit to the business. And, project management is the governance—the principles, processes, and tools—which is used when delivering projects.
Four Types of Projects—Which Kind Are You Leading?
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Learning to trust your instincts is an important leadership skill. Use this wisely, and it will give you a head start when project planning.
9 Barriers to Effective Communication
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In this short post, the Lazy Leader identifies 9 barriers to effective communication that may—if not addressed—contribute to the failure of business change projects.
Give Me a Few Minutes, and I’ll Make You a Better Project Manager
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Project management can be tough. But, it's not just about managing tasks. If you want to be a better project manager, it is time to focus on relationships.
The 3 Most Important Things a Successful Project Manager Does—The Lazy Leader's Project Management Sermon
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In this post, the Lazy Leader dons his collar for a sermon that answers the question: “What does project management mean to me?” Or to put it another way, what are the 3 most important things a successful project manager does?
The 4 Essential Hallmarks of a Project Leader
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What makes a good project manager? What makes a great project leader? In this post, the Lazy Leader shares what he believes are four essential hallmarks of a project leader, and introduces some critical skills, thinking and behaviours for leading projects.
Top 5 Reasons Project Planning Fails
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Project planning is of vital importance for achieving results. And, when I observe a project manager who fails to plan, I am compelled to speak up.
Managing Projects: The Project Plan
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The purpose of the project plan is to control a project. In this article, we introduce a simple and effective way to start your plan and guarantee success.
3 Reasons for Project Failure
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Why do projects fail to deliver their objectives even though best practices appear to be used? This post summarizes the 3 main reasons for project failure.