"Project managers who think their job is simply to execute their plan are deluding themselves. Clients want people who can fit in and work out how to get it done. Nobody paves the way and project managers have to figure out how to influence." Diane Dromgold, RNC...
These notes are intended to help you prepare your thinking about influencing goals ahead of your workshop. To be even more successful, what would you need to influence? What would need to change? There may be many things, and some you may not feel in control of....
Diane Dromgold, Managing Director of RNC Global Projects has been a friend and colleague for nearly 10 years. Her experience at the sharp end of Project Management is extensive. At one time, she employed over 100 project managers working with major global names and...
Incredible it may be, but the data is beginning to emerge that this could indeed be the case. The usual caveat about generalisations aside, this is what my recent research is starting to reveal. And, you don’t have to be a project manager to learn from these results....
This book is all about taking action, and I want to hit the ground running. Most problems and challenges in life are a matter of perspective. Adopting alternative perspectives enables you to see the problem differently. It doesn't mean that one viewpoint is right or...
Most people at a middle or senior level in large organisations have at least two bosses, usually dubbed the solid and dotted-line bosses' — the classic matrix structure. Often, these bosses are conspicuous by their absence — tied up on other pressing projects and...