by Leonie McCarthy | Feb 9, 2020 | Project Management, Team & People
There are four foundation project roles that are essential to ensure your project has in place to start well, keep momentum and finish strong. Like the four wheels on a car, they need to be pumped to the right level and all aligned in the same direction to work at...
by Leonie McCarthy | Dec 3, 2019 | Processes, Team & People
Updated 21 November 2020 This year more than ever I feel the need for some rest and relaxation. I am ready to recharge and reconnect (at an appropriately safe distance of course). At this ‘busy’ time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in overwhelm...
by Leonie McCarthy | Apr 22, 2019 | Project Management, Team & People
An upsetting recent experience Have you ever felt like the person you’re speaking to is just not listening? Last week, we pulled the plug on a server migration. If you’ve ever done a move like this, you know how hard a call this is to make. The team had been...
by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 25, 2019 | Team & People
Some time ago, (admittedly over a drink), a software provider was heard to wonder… “What if we selected the people we want to work with first, and then figured out the plan and the system?” At the time, this struck a chord. One of my measures of success is to ‘work...
by Leonie McCarthy | Feb 28, 2019 | Team & People
Feedback: Tips to help calm the nerves I was recently asked to contribute a ‘customer’s perspective’ to a room full of people who are delivering to customers (like the one I shared with this software vendor). It took a lot of time and thinking to come up with a way to...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 19, 2018 | Project Management, Team & People
“In good decision making, frugality matters,” says Malcolm Gladwell;taking complex problems, and reducing them to the key levers that help us choose is a critical skill. Getting to the heart of the decision, however, isn’t always so easy! I was recently...
