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From Country Club Finances to Public Health in the Developing World
 Sometimes things happen in our lives that change the course of our careers and positively affect many others along the way. So it has been with Natalie Gaul.
At age 35, Ms. Gaul worked as a controller at a private country club. Then, her mother passed away, and that prompted her to seek a change in her career and life.
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 Quick Quiz
My newest project involves 25 department managers to coordinate and please. Each one has very specialized interests and doesn’t want to come to every project meeting. How do I deal with this large, opinionated stakeholder team?
- Pick three managers who usually agree with you and set them up them up as stakeholder representatives to attend team meetings.
- Find a way to ask only the department managers who have a primary interest in a feature or function to come to meetings regarding that item.
- Every department manager should be at every meeting. That is what they are paid to do.
- Present them with a finished project as a surprise. They will be pleased you didn’t waste their time by involving them.
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