Knowledge Base

New Project but No Relevant Industry Experience

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  • Role: Transformational Project Management Coach
  • Industry: Professional Training & Development
  • Quote:

    Maximizing your time and that of those around you is the space you should always try to work from

  • Challenge:

    Have you ever been assigned to a project where there is a new product or solution, or maybe you changed jobs and have limited industry experience? 

    • Empathy

    Empathy is a Skill That Must Be Practised

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  • Role: Project Manager
  • Industry: IT
  • Quote:

    “Empathy is a powerful weapon in your emotional intelligence arsenal. Make sure you deploy it properly”

  • Challenge:

    When you are dealing with stakeholders, managing multiple tasks and other million things in your projects, sometimes it can be hard to pay close attention to how other people feel.

    • Culture

    Get Your Project Back on Track!

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  • Role: Owner/Founder Project Rescuers
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Quote:

    "If your culture is not aligned with your strategy and methods, you’re going to have a problem with your project"

  • Challenge:

    Projects by their very nature are somewhat unpredictable.

    • Project Management

    Projects as a Mechanism

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  • Role: Program Manager
  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Quote:

    "Projects turn that vision, that creative dream...into practical, measurable steps and deliverables"

  • Challenge:

    Coming up with a new business strategy is exciting and fun - the brainstorming, the colourful post-its, the creative sketches on whiteboards, the catchphrases - Vision 2.0, Mission X^2 etc. 

    • Agile

    Aligning an Agile Project

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  • Role: Program Manager
  • Industry: Technology
  • Quote:

    "There are multiple variables to complete a successful agile project"

  • Challenge:

    The challenge with an agile project is that even if you finish on time and within budget, you can close the project with an unhappy client.

    • Project Management

    Taking Over a Project

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  • Role: Manager
  • Industry: IT / Communications
  • Quote:

    "Sometimes, it's just easier to start over..."

  • Challenge:

    At one time or another in your career, you will inevitably be challenged to "pick up" a project in-flight from someone else who initiated it.