The Lazy Project Manager

A brand new 'lazy' book from Peter Taylor called 'Get Fit with The Lazy Project Manager' - all about project health, along with an interview with Ruth Sinkeler from Netherlands (or Holland) speaking English and not Dutch!

Looking ahead to November and December and the events, workshops and seminars he will be visiting before the end of the year.

The Lazy Project Manager interviews Jonathan Norman from Gower about a great new initiative and then gets interviewed himself by Cesar Abeid on PM for the Masses

Yes still celebrating the 5 years since The Lazy Project Manager came out and talk of the great places and great people I am visiting in October and November

Celebrating 5 years since The Lazy Project Manager was first published with a free webinar and a free eBook

No I am not getting all ‘Anglo-Saxon’ and aggressive but rather reflective on a presentation I delivered earlier on this year – titled ‘The F-Word’.

Actually the ‘F-Word’ I want to talk about is not the one you may be thinking of…

An interview with Mr Papercut PM himself, Geoff Crane, talking about his fantastic new free eBook on how to break in to project management.

A free seminar on 2nd July in London with Projectplace - https://www.projectplace.com/resources/events/uk/how-the-pmo-can-lead-an-agile-business/ - How the PMO can lead an Agile business

And a one day workshop on 9th July, also in London, on Leading Successful PMOs with Peter Taylor - http://www.thelazyprojectmanager.com/page4.htm

Learn from top project management thought leaders

The world of project management is changing, and project managers are now required to take on new responsibilities to work even more closely with senior executives.

But this is a task easier said than done, as project leaders and teams face many challenges in sharing metrics, aligning goals, and streamlining communication with key executives. In this webinar, our roundtable of experts will take a closer look at practices you can implement to effectively communicate with project stakeholders and senior management.

Yes you read that right – not ‘Executives; stop your failing projects’ but ‘Executives; stop failing your projects’

In ‘Why good strategies fail: Lessons for the C-suite’ published by The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited in 2013 the report stated, in the conclusion, that there was a need for increased C-suite attention to implementation (therefore projects) ‘Leadership support is the most important factor in successful strategy execution, yet a substantial number of survey respondents indicate that the C-suite is insufficiently involved’.

This is why I make the loud and bold challenge that ‘Executives are failing their projects’ and I strongly believe that this situation needs to stop – now!

SURVEY - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KKS3NVH

Five years ago I released a small book that has made a huge impact, on myself and on many others it seems, and to celebrate this anniversary I want to know more about what you thought of the book and what else it should have had in it and perhaps what I should have left out. My intention is to write a short free eBook called ‘The Extra Lazy Project Manager’ based on your comments and suggestions and release it on 1st September 2014 to coincide with The Lazy Project Managers publication back in 2009.

If you wanted to write a short (300 word max) piece about how the book helped you that would be wonderful and I would include such contributions in the eBook.

Please spend 5 minutes to share your thoughts about the book (even if you haven’t read it I am interested) - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KKS3NVH