by Bill Sterrett | Sep 11, 2015 | Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Operations Management, Project Management
Being a General Manager can be difficult. There are so many aspects to performing this job successfully. I recently was asked what some tips would be for a new General Manager. Below are a few quick tips: Hire people whose skills complement your strengths, not just...
by Bill Sterrett | Aug 5, 2015 | Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Operations Management, Project Management
Being a successful General Manager requires a diverse set of competencies that involve both people skills as well as process skills. Let’s examine these competencies. Competencies: Results Orientation, Strategic Orientation, Developing Others, Impact and...
by Bill Sterrett | Jun 3, 2015 | Operations Management, Project Management
I’ve been looking at the remediation activities that I have recently been involved in and started to gather some strong evidence as to that sort of things that clearly add to project failure. Here I will capture a few of them. 1. Business processes aren’t fully...
by Bill Sterrett | May 7, 2015 | Operations Management, Project Management
As a project sponsor one of the most difficult choices you will make happens before the project even begins: identifying who you want to run your project. Identifying a project manager within your own organization can be difficult because you may be limited in your...
