Personal Growth
Improve Planning, Improve Project Success
Various studies have identified planning as one of the critical success factors in the project management; improving planning improves project success. Thus, high-quality planning improves project execution resulting in project success. Many studies and project management experts attest to this fact.
Read MoreNew Project Team Member – The Elephant in the Room
It often happens that a project team member (PTM) is replaced for several reasons. What is not generally understood is that the addition of new PTM comes with its own risks. The new project team member may become the elephant in the room that needs to be managed skillfully. Otherwise, performance or even the project…
Read MoreSTAKEHOLDER BEHAVIOR LESSONS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
Discerning observers of events in both the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council would realise that they can learn a lot about stakeholder behaviours and how to manage them. For instance, many have watched with dismay how it has been very difficult for the two bodies to achieve unanimity of opinions on very…
Read MoreWHATEVER IT TAKES, TAKE ACTION
Pastor Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, made a presentation titled “Whatever It Takes, Take Action”. That was many years ago. I heard the expression “Analysis Paralysis” for the very first time then. I may not remember all that he said during that presentation but the title and the expression have stuck with…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 5 – Celebrating Small Wins
The first four parts of this series addressed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goals Visibility, Accountability Partnership and Risk Management as key success factors in achieving our goals. I strongly suggest that you read those posts, if you have not done so already, to gain deeper insight into the subject. In this concluding essay,…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from Project Management Part 4 – Risk Management
In the first three parts of this series I discussed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goal Visibility and Accountability Partnership, to increase the odds in favor of our goals, to ensure accomplishment. I would advise very strongly that you read those posts to gain a broad view of the subject. Today I discuss another…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 3 – Accountability Partnership
I do not know about you, but I have been part of some successful project teams. There is that special feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment, when the final project document is signed off, or when the facilities you have helped to build is finally started up and they run successful. It is a moment of…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from The Project Management Profession – Part 2 – Visibility
In the first part of this series I discussed the need to breakdown goals to daily tasks or mini milestones to ensure that we chip away at our big goals every day. That improves our chances of achieving our goals at the end of the year. Today I intend to examine another practice from the…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons From The Project Management Profession – Part 1
The season of goal setting, new year resolutions or whatever term we choose to designate the exercise, is here again. Some of those who take the exercise seriously may have already commenced the process of reviewing the goals they set, or the new year resolutions they made, at the beginning of 2017. The aim is…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Personal Failure
It is popularly said that experience is the best teacher. But it has been challenged by several thinkers. For instance, John Maxwell, acclaimed to be the number one leadership expert in the world, asserts: “experience is NOT the best teacher, but EVALUATED EXPERIENCE is” I will be sharing what I learnt from my personal failure…
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