How Project Schedules Improve Stakeholder Engagement Across the Life Cycle
Summary Keeping stakeholders engaged throughout a project depends heavily on how well the schedule is built, communicated, and updated. Well-managed project schedules improve stakeholder engagement, builds trust, promotes accountability, and ensures that stakeholders remain informed and involved at every stage. Developing and maintaining the project schedule is one of the
Why a Healthy Project Portfolio Matters to Frontline Workers
Summary A healthy project portfolio isn’t just a leadership concern—it directly affects frontline employees’ success, productivity, and satisfaction. When projects are aligned, well-resourced, and strategically managed, workers experience smoother workflows, less disruption, and more opportunities for meaningful impact. Why a Healthy Project Portfolio Matters to Frontline Workers Executives often lead
How Executives Can Contribute To Training Program Success
Business leaders play a pivotal role in ensuring project training program success. By promoting personalized learning, setting clear metrics, creating incentive structures, and celebrating achievements, executives can increase workforce engagement and participation in training initiatives. Learn strategies business leaders can employ to drive worker interest and participation in project-led training
6 Training Stumbling Blocks Executives Should Understand When Planning Technology Implementation Projects
Digital transformation projects put powerful new capabilities in users’ hands, but executive sponsors sometimes underestimate one of the most crucial factors in maximizing the usefulness and value of these technology investments: end-user training. And though the tactical considerations of training programs often fall to other project stakeholders, senior leaders should
Essential Executive Soft Skills for Effective Project Sponsorship
Effective high-level project sponsorship is a necessity for complex enterprise initiatives. Senior business leaders play a significant role in ensuring project success by applying select soft skills, such as those that drive team engagement, ensure accountability, and foster collaboration. With a growing segment of strategic projects focusing on ambitious outcomes,
Top-Level Issues Executives Must Manage To Make New Product Introductions A Success
Executive involvement in new product introduction (NPIs) initiatives is key to project success. Many departments may be core participants, but senior-level sponsors are sometimes the only ones able to overcome significant roadblocks, maintain the project’s priority status among competing demands on stakeholders’ time, and secure or approve funding and other