Thoughts on building great teams, delivering results and becoming successful
One of the most important skills to be developed during anyone’s carreer is the ability to make things happen. When explaining at university what I believe is the basis for good management, I usually start talking about DRIVE and BARBECUEs. THE BARBECUE! We all know this, we have all seen this. Imagine, you hanging out … Read more
Knowing who is doing what is a prerequisite to implement change. Organisations will always try to evolve their business by enhancing, improving or widening their line of products, services, channels, by redesigning their processes or by starting complete new lines of business or partnerships. The way to implement those changes is to execute projects. Projects … Read more
You can’t manage the zebra without structure. Without a good structure work can’t get done, communication fails and organisations get ineffective. The importance of structure can’t be overemphasised. If you run a project, if you manage an organisation or if you simply want to communicate in a way that your audience gets your point, don’t … Read more
You can’t manage time – only priorities can be managed. Think back on the last time that someone told you: “If I only had more time!”. Well, bad luck. You will never get more time. It’s simply impossible. Each day counts 24hours and if time’s up a new day starts. The interesting thing is that … Read more
Predicting project success from the very beginning. Why do some teams continuously achieve much more than other teams? Of course they are real teams with mutual trust between everybody and they are composed by a bunch of high performers. If you have such a team, fantastic, just be grateful and move on. But such stellar … Read more