The Lazy Project Manager

A farewell message to Black Sabbath with some thoughts on project management legacy along with a request for some help

My new book will be released on 13th March 2017 and it is called ‘How to get fired at the C-level’ with the sub-title of ‘Why Mismanaging Change is the Biggest Risk of All’.

The idea of the book is that it offers a simple means to evaluate executive engagement in strategic change, and to offer a series of very practical steps to let the person (or people) who puts the ‘C’ for change into the C-level.

Of course, it is all about projects but it is targeting at the highest level in organisations.

Therefore, my New Year’s Resolution is to engage at least 10 organisations at this C-level and have robust conversations with them about such matters as professional project sponsorship, investment in project management and true portfolio management, amongst other matters.

I will though, require your help to do this.

The book will be out, as I said, in March, there is a presentation developed and there are two short sharp (1-2 hours) workshop developed to engage and drive the C-level to clear understanding of challenges in this area and offer simple practical advice for improvement.

A sort of ‘How not to get fired at the C-level’ plan of action if you like.

The help I need from you, if you feel this is a challenge in your own organisation, is to get me an invitation to talk to your executives, to help them see the reality, and to help them make the necessary changes to become truly successful at strategic change delivery.

Thank you in helping me with my New Year’s Resolution.

www.thelazyprojectmanager.com

Welcoming Pretzel the puppy who now runs my life and a heads up and time to book your places call for the 2017 IIL partnered Lazy Project Manager tour of Australia http://www.iil.com/australia/

Interviews with Elizabeth Harrin about our joint event in London on 1st December - https://www.picatic.com/THENEWSOCIALPROJECTWORLD

With Penny Pullan on Virtual Leadership http://www.makingprojectswork.co.uk/penny-pullan/

And with Raymond and Vicky Poole on the PM Summit in Dublin this year http://www.pmsummit.global/home/

The Lazy Project Manager and the New Social Project World

In which we hear about another book from Peter Taylor aka The Lazy Project Manager called 'Get fit with the Lazy Project Manager' - How to make sure your project is as healthy as possible and does not become the 'ex-project' of tomorrow.

And Peter is interviewed by Johnny Beirne for the Project Management Paradise podcast http://projectmanagementparadise.com/

This show includes the following content:

Find and review the best courses in the project management world, everywhere. CourseConductor.com with Craig Kilford

http://courseconductor.com/

Derrick McManus - Inspirational Speaker, Facilitator, Author. Durability of Human Performance - sustaining optimum performance for people, leaders and organisations

www.derrickmcmanus.com

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evaluations) - By Jeff Haden

http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/8-signs-an-employee-is-exceptional-that-never-appear-on-performance-evaluations.html

Two fascinating interviews with Torsten Koerting and Emma Sharrock along with a thought from Peter Taylor on whether The Lazy Project Manager is simply the best or simply the worst - 'probably' speaking that is.

An interview with Torsten J. Koerting on Personal Branding

Thinking about conferences and congresses The Lazy Project Manager ponders why some speakers (maybe even himself' get to be on that stage more often than others - and asks if that is a good thing for the future of project management?