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A Tale of Three Cities – London, Toronto, and Redwood Shores
It had all the earmarks of a disaster, a real career-sinker of a project. And here was my old friend and former colleague calling me up enthusiastically, on the phone: “Hey Lisa, we need a Technical Project Manager for this start-up I’m working for, in Redwood Shores… you’ll love the project and the team. It’s [...]
Control – the Illusion
Know any control-freaks?
For many of them, control is an illusion. Paradoxically, by grasping for more control, they often get less.
Control or Results? How to Manage the Paradox and Achieve Greater Project Results
One critical choice project managers face is between control and results. Managers say they want results but actions speak even louder to say they want control. Do onerous controls inhibit achieving the very results they were intended to produce? Is control an illusion? Is it possible for managers to pursue both control and results: up [...]
