From my experience as an executive, mentor and coach, I believe that dealing with expectations is a key skill for an executive at any level. Expectations are all around us. Hiring an employee?

A stakeholder is any person or group that affects, or is affected by, a particular project. Along the path to completing your project, stakeholders can be partners, resources or roadblocks -- and ...

A project's most influential stakeholders have both the desire and ability to affect not only steps involved in project management but also the final outcome. While some might be important allies, ...

Your company is implementing a new system for an internal process — say it is a CMS or a CRM system — and part of the process is soliciting the input of the project’s stakeholders, including the users ...

The main resource in project management is the people who either perform the tasks needed or make the decisions to help the project move along. Here are five easy-to-follow tips to help you better ...

project management tool used to identify the project's stakeholders, issues they care about and how they will be impacted by the project. Creating a stakeholder analysis will outline the essential ...

If you’re managing a project, it’s important to ensure you involve all the different people and groups that can impact the project’s success. Otherwise, you risk missing key perspectives or getting ...

1. Ensuring that the proper number of clubs are in the bag 2. Helping in the selection of clubs for specific shots 3. Informing the golfer of pin placements for each hole on the course 4. Alerting the ...

A noisemaker is someone who tries to influence a project or a project’s outcome to a degree that is disproportionate to his or her role, and negatively affects project performance. A noisemaker might ...