Many organizations are struggling to get the max out of their Project Management Office (PMO). Gartner presented their seven Best Practices for an Effective PMO (see here for abstract). They address the issues we see with the ‘traditional’ PMO which is so often too administrative, too bureaucratic and focused mainly on reporting status. …
The Everest movie (2015) has some good lessons in life. And some good lessons for those dealing with leading change. One of them is to know when to stop and not bring the whole initiative or program in danger. This is the setting: In the Everest movie Rob reaches the …
For those of you who have an iPhone 7+, you are probably familiar with the new feature to take portrait pictures on your phone. The cool thing is that with this option you now can take those nice images which shows your subject(s) crystal sharp, but with a blurry background. When the …
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing” – Socrates. Leaders need to have an open mindset and a learning attitude. They need to fully understand the following aspects: Solution – what they deliver Value – why they are delivering it Team – who they deliver it …
“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do” – John Carmack. If there is one area of judgement that is going to be critical for leadership, it is where to focus their time on at any given point in time. With that, it means automatically means …
“How much we communicate is not determined by how well we say things but how well we are understood” – Andrew Grove. Good leaders will engage in ongoing dialogues with the right people and they make sure that their message is coming across. Key communication channels: their peers (Customer) their …
“The goal is to provide inspiring information that moves people to action” – Guy Kawasaki. True leaders will take decisions based on factual data. Only facts can overcome the emotional responses and reactions. As such leaders will surround themselves with dashboards and metrics on whatever area that is critical at …
