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Tag Archives: project success

The Art of Recovery

November 27, 2015

Projects do run into difficulties from time-to-time, that’s the nature of projects and you shouldn’t be surprised. Indeed, as Elmar Kutsch, Mark Hall and Neil Turner illustrate in their great new book Project Resilience, you may not be able to predict a crisis but you can very likely predict how people will respond.

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Honesty, transparency, authenticity … or abject failure?

October 16, 2015

Authenticity is the buzz management term of the decade, but what does it mean and how is it related to project management? Kevin Ruck and Ann Pilkington explore the way that leaders are expected to be more authentic today and what the benefits are, focusing on one core element of authentic leadership: relational orientation.

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How do you make sure a successful bid isn’t just a one-hit wonder?

September 30, 2015

You need to start planning ahead for the rebid almost before the euphoria of a successful bid has worn off. Nigel Thacker offers plenty of sensible advice about sustaining competitive contracts in his book Winning Your Rebid: How to Retain Contracts Through Successful Competitive Rebids.

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Identifying the Showstoppers for Mega-Projects

September 8, 2015

Knowing what you want is fundamental, but you also need to know what you don’t want. Any project develops its own momentum. The momentum of a mega-project is correspondingly large. Unless you have clear grounds for deciding not to enter the contract, there is a very real danger of becoming gradually committed to a deal that would never have been considered acceptable if it had been offered at the start.

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What you need to understand about a project before you dive in!

November 29, 2012

Stakeholder communication may be a very urgent requirement for every project but Ann Pilkington’s article in Simply Communicate shows why it’s …

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The biggest determinant of organizational success are current and emerging leaders

June 1, 2011

So what does that say for the way we run projects and, more importantly, the way we develop project leaders? …

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What every executive needs to know about project risk management

April 16, 2011

There are seven fundamental things that every senior executive should know and understand about project risk management and David Hulett …

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Project Management in 2011

April 15, 2011

This is the second in the promised series of posts highlighting Gower’s publishing programme in a given topic area for …

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What every executive needs to know about project risk management

November 26, 2010

If you are a project sponsor, project board member or simply a decision maker, how much do you need to …

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Rethinking construction … from the perspective of stakeholders

August 11, 2010

Lynda Bourne’s work on stakeholder management has developed into a significant body of knowledge (Stakeholder Realtionship Management) and she’s recently …

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