Many of us have had the experience of asking for something specific, and not hearing back – for a “long” time, or sometimes ever! Great leaders, such as Pat Gelsinger of Intel, give advice to leaders, especially in a pandemic, to “Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.” At AJC, we are keenly aware of the frustration and stress …
Read MoreThinking Deeper about Communication and Responsiveness
Good Project Managers identify project milestones and articulate the steps required to accomplish each one. They ensure that everything is documented, and plan scheduled tasks to move the project through each phase. They will facilitate meetings, track actions, and send summaries. The differentiator between a “good” Project Manager, and a “GREAT” Project Manager, however, is …
You have a Project Coordinator and Agile Consulting background, tell us about the importance of those in an organization. Projects are complex by nature. The Project Manager, or Coordinator, plays a key role in pulling the details together and communicating those details. This includes tracking project milestones and due dates, providing support to make sure all project …
Read MoreMeet Angie Glawe – Project Manager and Agile Consultant
Do you have handoffs in your company? A handoff is when one group transitions work-in-progress to another. For example, your awesome sales department has signed a specific contract or scope of work with a client, and now it is time for the project execution personnel to deliver. Or Engineering has designed a terrific product and …
The problem is that often we abuse the basic tenet of value-added form use by adding more or expanding forms without thinking why we need the information contained within them at all.
According to the Wikipedia, “A Pareto chart, named after Vilfredo Pareto, is a type of chart that contains both bars and a line graph, where individual values are represented in descending order by bars, and the cumulative total is represented by the line.” A related Wikipedia article on the 80/20 Rule states that “It is a common rule of thumb in business; …
Many businesses are experiencing the impacts of a coming economic growth period. I was in a regional meeting of business leaders the other day where ITR Economics predicted growth for 2021. In a breakout session after the presentation, we discussed what business leaders are doing to prepare for this growth forecast. Almost half the people …
Read MoreTribal Knowledge is a Barrier to Effective Onboarding
My specialty is communications but I am SHRM (HR) certified and PROSCI change management certified and been involved in all sorts of change efforts throughout my career – from closing down pension plans, communicating changes and large increases to employee benefit programs, new leadership teams, new CEOs, acquisitions, mergers, new system implementations, restructures, etc. Change …
Read MoreCommunication and Change Management with Robin Gervasoni
Following up from our previous Blog, “How Do I Know if my Team is Ready for Change?”, this article discusses when to measure change in a project. Ideally you will have a baseline measurement – i.e. before work has begun on the change. For example, if you are implementing a new system, you can poll …
Does cutting your New Hire Onboarding duration in half sound like an impossible feat? It’s certainly not easy but it is possible. New Hire Onboarding is a bottleneck to increasing capacity in many companies. Here are 5 simple steps to take that can have immediate and lasting impact on your efficiency AND at the same time …
Read More5 Steps to Accelerate Growth by Streamlining Onboarding Process
