
Six Tactics for Leading Through the Fog
During ambiguous times, leaders are like guides through an untamed jungle, helping their teams chart a safe path through difficult obstacles. Here are six proven techniques for leading through uncertainty.
During ambiguous times, leaders are like guides through an untamed jungle, helping their teams chart a safe path through difficult obstacles. Here are six proven techniques for leading through uncertainty.
Will this PMO flourish or fade? Vanguard Solutions is struggling with a chaotic collection of projects that often run late, cost much more than expected, and disappoint customers. Tyra Frerichs, […]
Firefighting is a self-perpetuating cycle that ultimately engulfs an organization. It is caused by four behavioral biases, but there are ways to fight back and reduce damaging firefighting.
Attaining the highest levels of project management maturity is expensive, difficult, and has diminishing returns. Don’t be satisfied lingering at level 1, but don’t feel bad if you’re not at level 5.
Instead of a call to action, in times of crisis people need “holding” – guidance on how to move with purpose. Holding acknowledges difficulty without giving in to powerlessness. Here are some pragmatic ways you can hold your organization.
The messy, uncertain time at the start of a new project can be a swamp – or a time of powerful innovation. Here’s how to take advantage of it.
The timing of a good decision is like a Goldilocks moment – not too soon and not too late. A technique called the last responsible moment can help you identify when that is.
CLARC spells out the kinds of help that managers and supervisors must provide during change.
Spreading your organization’s precious resources thinly over too many active projects is a recipe for lots of disappointment. It’s better to do fewer projects well by concentrating effort on them, even if that means fewer projects.
An effective portfolio manager is like an air traffic controller, ensuring that all projects in the portfolio are monitored and managed together.