Respect is Earned

#Respect is earned by one through one’s #actions and #behaviour. However there are those who demand respect just because of their authority or position. How often do you encounter such situations. Have you come across such a scenario. Let me know in the comments.

Leadership Lessons

Leaders should learn NOT to micromanage by building a trustworthy environment.Employees should learn to get into each detail and build on that trust. What do you think? Please share your thoughts in comments

Risk

“We make an impact based on the decisions we take out of our risk taking capacity.” Let me know your thoughts on this in reply.

Success…

Happy Sunday. Heres a thought to ponder over on success. We all learn from our #mistakes.. is a  cliche. Why I say this is because, though we do, if the mistakes are not utilised as platforms to learn and #improve, they become a mere excuse for not getting #success and blaming the failures on situations, …

Avoiding Distractions

A crucial part of staying focused is to avoid distractions. Distractions are not just external, but internal as well in the form of negative thoughts or self doubts. The key is to silence these distractions to enable focusing on your vision, life goals, or even the task at hand.

Setting up a PMO – Phase 4 – Continuous Improvement

Congratulations! you have set-up your PMO successfully. You ran your pilot projects, set-up processes and dashboards. Figured out the risks/issues, metrics and set-up the systems to manage the processes, templates and project plans.  You then managed to expand the PMO services across the org through all projects and programs being ran. As you move forward and …

Setting up a PMO – Phase 3 – Rolling out the Plan

So you have the high level roadmap, a justified business case and a detailed plan to start executing the plan for setting up the PMO. So what are you waiting for? Lets start implementing the PMO Set-up. Quick Wins However, as discussed in the previous article, the things to take care during the roll out …

Different goals of a PMO

When an organization sets up a PMO for managing projects, it consciously or subconsciously has the expectation of the following goals or benefits from a PMO. Functional goals Structural goals Disciplinary goals Functional goals are mostly related to the functions the PMO is going to focus on. Is the PMO needed to set up just standards, …

Project Budgeting – Typical Costing Standards & Factors

In my previous blog, we discussed about some key steps that can help in project budgeting. In this session lets look at the typical costing standards that one needs to keep it in mind during budgeting process. TYPICAL COSTING STANDARDS Number 1 and most important which many overlook is to check with the accounting department …

Why does an organization need a PMO

Program Management Office (PMO) has been an important aspect of any organization delivering products, projects or providing services. PMO is usualy needed for a number of reasons. The benefits of PMO are but not limited to: Bring in consistency in delivering products, projects or services. Provide transparent reporting. Ensure effective investment in all the projects. …