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Connie Plowman

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How do you avoid jumping to implement

This week’s problem card asks, “we’re dealing with so many external influences demanding quick successes — how do you avoid jumping to implement in a way that drives success but doesn’t forget that you’re working on a project?” This week on the show, Conn

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Executives are not able to make decisions

This week’s problem card focuses on the busy executive that, for whatever reason, is not making tough decisions quickly and is beginning to impact the smooth march forward of the project. This week, Connie Plowman joins us to walk through the roadblocks t

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When Training is Hard to Find

What do you do when your organization is forced to trim training budgets? You get creative! This week, the regular team is joined by [Dr. Sean Harry from Career Management Solutions](http://careeradvice4u.com/blog/ “Sean Harry – Career Management Solution

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Poor Visibility of Customer Project Planning

When working with customer-based extended teams, how do you remain responsive and reactive when you don’t have visibility of customer project planning efforts? This week, John Patton and Connie Plowman take on this issue and give advice on how teams can g

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How do you plan and execute simultaneously

The problem card this week asks for help when a team is handed a new project and a timeline for delivery that most would feel is too tight to plan. John Patton and Connie Plowman work through the implications for the team — and for you as project manager

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Team Member Evasion

The problem card this week asks for help when a team member evades the work of the project and turns in sloppy work to the team. There are a number of reasons this might be happening on your projects, and this week John Patton and Connie Plowman work thro

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The Fast-Growing Team

This week, how do you drive for accurate and efficient communication when your department or operating team is growing faster than work can be delegated? This week, John Patton and Connie Plowman take on the problem of dynamic operational teams in trouble

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