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Conference Paper Risk Management, Complexity, Leadership 13 May 2016

Leading High-Risk Projects

By Avery, Grant Complexity and risks are a growing challenge for project managers globally. The failure rate of complex projects is high. This paper explains what servant leadership is, exploring its origins and…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Leadership 13 May 2016

Aggressive Deadlines Require Aggressive Strategy and Discipline

By Chettiar, Murugappan This real life case study is about setup of a successful cloud-based ecosystem that had less than a 50% chance to succeed. The establishment of a travel business as a stand-alone company from the…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Risk Management, Leadership 10 October 2015

TAFT (this ain't freakin' Texas)

By Fournet, Bill Although making assumptions is part of daily life, the tendency to harden those assumptions into fact without any validation can have a negative impact on decision making and actions and greatly…

Conference Paper Ethics, Risk Management, Leadership 5 May 2014

The leader in the mirror

By Ethics Member Advisory Group - Project Management Institute PMI's Ethics Member Advisory Group (EMAG) discusses the value of trust as a leadership quality among project managers. When assessing risk, defining uncertainty becomes essential to establishing…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Ethics, Leadership 29 October 2013

Great project leadership

Using the sinking of the Titanic as an example and contrasting it with the story of the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, this paper describes how project managers can take specific leadership…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Leadership 9 May 2012

How to deal with troubled projects

By Moura, Henrique Project managers frequently have an ambiguous attitude toward a troubled project. On one hand, on a personal level, a troubled project is demanding, with unfulfilled expectations, pressure, conflict…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture, Leadership, Skill Development, Technical Skills 31 January 2007

Conflicts in the project environment

By Guan, David Conflict is a common and essential part of everyone's everyday life. In project situations, however, the everyday conflicts that are common to project teams can escalate into problems that…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Leadership 2006

Managing risk attitude using emotional literacy

By Hillson, David | Murray-Webster, Ruth Despite using established risk management tools, techniques, body of knowledge, and research and practitioner information to proactively address project uncertainties, minimize threats, and maximize…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

No bull project management

By Po-Chedley, David A. | Gabora, Herb Most experienced project managers are comfortable with the mechanics of making projects successful. What causes headaches are the politics and people issues encountered within most organizations.…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Change Management, Leadership 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Five lessons learned – from the memoirs of Wile E. Coyote

By Slone, Kelly R. IntroductionHow many of us are guilty? We stampede along chasing our projects at the speed of light driving them through execution. Our foreheads sweat profusely; our lungs gasping for the next…