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Tag: Communication

Engage Your Stakeholders

Posted December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Leadership, Project Management

Managers and project managers are often told that “engaging stakeholders” is critical to success.  However, they rarely receive guidance on what it means or how […]

The Daily Stand-Up Meeting: Best Practice

Posted March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 Alan Zucker4 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Lean and Agile organizations have harnessed the power of the stand-up meeting as a valuable process tool. The stand-up is an efficient and effective way to […]

Improving Communications with DISC

Posted November 26, 2018January 21, 2021 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Interviews, Leadership, Project Management

“Improving Communications with DISC,” George Washington University’s Masters of Project Management Program Webinar, October 30, 2018. Communications theory tells us that communications are about the […]

Effective Communications = Productive Project Teams

Posted October 1, 2017September 28, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Effective communications are the cornerstone to successful projects and productive teams.   The Agile Manifesto extolls the virtues of collaboration, individual interactions, and face-to-face communications. Projects […]

Stakeholder Management: A Key to Project Success

Posted September 1, 2017August 31, 2017 Alan Zucker3 CommentsPosted in Project Management

Projects with involved stakeholders are far more likely to be successful. But many projects suffer from low engagement from executives, users, and key stakeholders. The […]

Powerful Words, “I Don’t Know”

Posted March 1, 2017April 27, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership

“I don’t know” are three words that most people dread saying. The need to know the answer has followed us from school into the working […]

Controlling the Runaway Meeting

Posted January 1, 2017October 25, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

It is a common phenomenon. Something happens, usually something bad. Daily meetings are organized. Anyone connected with the event is there—from senior executives to junior […]

Decision Making: 6 Ways to be More Effective

Posted May 1, 2016April 27, 2017 Alan Zucker5 CommentsPosted in Leadership, Project Management

Projects sometimes feel like the movie “Ground Hog Day”—endlessly revisiting the same decision hoping to get them right. This cycle is frustrating, time consuming and […]

Project Status is Subjective: Status Metrics

Posted April 1, 2016April 24, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

Project management relies on metrics to chart and manage performance. Good metrics are valuable. They measure the right things and provide the project manager, team, […]

Project Status is Subjective: Linguistic and Cognitive Bias

Posted March 1, 2016April 24, 2017 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

Status reporting is one of the most important functions performed by project managers. The profession strives for objective reporting and metrics. However, by its very […]

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