I'm paraphrasing ever so slightly, but staying with the theme of Intent Based Leadership and L. David Marquet encouraged his crew to Embrace the Inspector. Not literally, but to fully engage with the inspection process and to use their Inspectors as an opportunity to learn. No doubt this was a refreshing experience for the Inspectors,…
read moreA big thank you to everyone who joined us for two really productive workshops last week, both of which explored the challenges of the role of Senior Responsible Owner. We worked with two separate organisations, one a central government department and one a charity youth organisation. It was no surprise that the challenges at this…
read moreProject Leadership And The ‘God Complex’ "Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." So sang John Lennon and there is a particular relevance to the world of projects and their management. In our world, projects can be ‘what happens’ to us while we’re busy making plans. So how could we…
read moreIt’s fashionable to be mentored and to be coached at the moment, and with good reason. Everything in business is achieved through people and the more you can do to improve performance, the faster you can remove inefficiency and make progress. As a manager in the public sector, I was immediately given ten days of…
read moreTo be successful in business we need to have a goal, a strategy and a plan. Many books have been written on the subject of business and personal planning. We are expected to work out what is really important to us; focus it into a vision or goal and be able to determine the steps…
read moreCreating a succession plan is something we tend to do as a contingency measure. Typically, this is as a result of identifying an escapee. Someone who is expected to retire, to be promoted or to find an alternative position. In order to plan for someone to “succeed” their colleague, we need to identify the qualities…
read moreWe all know that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is important to our careers and our businesses. Budgets have been tight in recent years with investment reserved for only the priority requirements and individuals. Project budgets have had to be squeezed to find funding for anything else while the rest of us have to “make do…
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