EPC Contracts – The Owners’ Perspective
This online seminar is developed by a project management professional for project professionals.
It aims to equip project personnel with requisite Risk Management and Contracts competencies for career progress.
Leadership Development for New Managers and Leaders – Module 2
This course is for you if you or your organization need to: Build more leaders that can handle more responsibilities, build trust, deal with business needs for more leaders, develop or improve organization culture, empower others, deal with feeling overwhelmed, improve performance or results, improve team communication, mentor others, implement succession planning, have tough conversations, deal with difficult relationships (people), manage conflict.
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expertise. For that reason, you have been promoted into leadership roles. But your technical expertise has not translated into leadership effectiveness.
Read MoreHow to Prepare a Recovery Plan that Works
Finally, a book that guides you step-by-step through the process of preparing recovery plans that work is here for you.
You no longer have to go through endless rounds of preparation of ineffective recovery plans that do not lead to project recovery. But you will now invest your time doing those things that move the needle for your project, your organization, and your career.
This eBook will introduce you to sure-fire project diagnostic methods and tools as well as potent prescriptions that bring your projects back on track, when applied.
ALL SYSTEMS LOCKED AND READY!
This course is particularly important to us because Google Report, month after month, shows that most visitors to our site were searching for recovery plan related materials. This will terminate the nightmare of many planning engineers, project managers, and project owners.
Read MoreHOW TO PREPARE A RECOVERY PLAN THAT WORKS
This half-day workshop on How to Prepare a Recovery Plan that Works will walk you through the step-by-step process of setting a cutoff date, carrying out a comprehensive/ joint schedule review, conducting root-cause-analysis, isolating root causes, resolving issues, and developing a recovery plan. It will also review productivity issues that need to be considered including overtime deterioration.
Read MoreSEASONS GREETINGS
It is that time of year again when we have to look back and take stock. Well, regardless of what our experiences have been, we need to show gratitude.
There is no point in beating ourselves over the head if the year has not yielded us the expected results. We should rather conduct a thorough review, take not of what worked, learn from what did not work, and plan to make the coming year better.
Read MoreProject Management for Busy Professionals
Date: 17 – 21 Jan 2022 This is a foundational course that cuts through the clutter and focuses on the key principles of project management. It offers a stream-lined approach to project management gleaned from the best practices of experienced, effective project professionals and managers. It is intended for anyone who needs to lead or…
Read MoreEVERYONE COMMUNICATES FEW CONNECT MASTERMIND TRAINING
Learn the art of connecting during this unique experience! To Sign Up with USD Credit or Debit Card CLICK HERE To Sign Up with NGN Credit or Debit Card CLICK HERE
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I am preparing a project planning course for project managers, project engineers, planning engineers and other project personnel. I would like to know what you would like to see in such a course to give you maximum value. Please, take a few moments to respond to this short survey. Your opinion is important to me…
Read MoreSTRATEGIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR
Strategic Personal Development will take you where EXPERIENCE ALONE CANNOT!
This webinar will present tried and true principles that will help you jump start your personal development.
The Time of Visitation
“If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes…They will crush you into the ground…because you did not recognize it when God visited you.” Luke 19:42,44 I will return to this shortly. Two significant events took place over…
Read MoreDRILLING DOWN WITH QUESTIONS
But how do we learn how to formulate and ask those high-quality questions? Or how do we know if the questions we ask will lead to the root of the problems?
Well, there are many ways to learn how to formulate high-quality questions as a method of inquiry, such as in coaching training.
But I want to introduce to you the 5-Whys Questioning Technique.
HOW QUESTIONS CHALLENGE MINDSETS AND GET YOU OUT OF RUTS
In part 1 of this series on the Value of High-quality Questions, we examined how questions unlock and open doors that would otherwise remain closed. Today, we discuss how questions challenge mindsets and get you out of ruts. And nothing illustrates this to me better than a story that the greatest man that ever lived told. It…
Read MoreThe Value of High-quality Questions Part 1
Dr. John Maxwell, the number one leadership expert in the world and our grand mentor in Maxwell Leadership (ML) outlines the value of high-quality questions in his book Good Leaders Ask Great Questions. They are: Also, Socrates is reported to have said that the quality of a man’s life is directly proportional to the quality…
Read MoreDIVORCE RATE AMONG PROJECT MANAGERS PART 2: RED FLAGS
In the first part of this series, I said I would elaborate on some aspects of the statistics to provide context. Today, I want to highlight some red flags that may point to a much higher divorce rate among project managers and professionals.
Although these divorce rates are pretty high and represent the general population, I have reasons to belief that they could be much higher for project managers and project professionals.
DIVORCE RATE AMONG PROJECT MANAGERS: SURPRISES
The first surprise was that there was no research or reliable statistics on the state of health of the marriages of project managers. Isn’t it interesting that project managers produce up to date and sophisticated status reports for their projects, complete with photos, tables, and charts, but have produced none concerning their marriages – the most significant of their relationships?
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 6
I will conclude this series of essays on Introduction to Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contacts by discussing Cost-reimbursable contracts.
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 5
In the Part 4 we examined types of contracts that are applicable when the scope of work is clearly defined, and risks reduced. I continue our discourse of Introduction to EPC Contracts by discussing contracts that are applicable when the project or scope of work is not clearly defined. We begin with Time and Materials (T&M) Contracts.
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 4
In Part 3 of this series, I stated that although there are many sources of project risks, the greatest of them, and one that has the greatest influence on contract type is project definition – how clearly the scope of work is defined. Thus, scope of work definition is a key element in the selection of appropriate contract type. Today I begin to discuss different contract types and when they are applicable.
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 3
Part 1 of this series discussed the basics of EPC contracts. Part 2 underscored the need for project key personnel to read and understand contract scope and terms and conditions. This piece discusses contracts as a risk management strategy.
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