Succeeding with Senior Management: Getting the Right Support at the Right Time for Your Project
- 2h 48m
- G. Michael Campbell
- AMACOM
- 2017
Senior managers speak the language of strategy. Project managers use the language of tasks and activities. While they rely on each other to achieve their goals, this core incompatibility can lead to communication breakdowns and project setbacks.
Succeeding with Senior Management explains how to bridge the gap and engage the upper ranks. By establishing relationships early on, understanding executives, and keeping them involved, project managers win the support they need—especially critical when problems arise. This one-of-a-kind communications guide explains how to:
- Navigate the company's political waters
- Link the project to the business
- Develop a case for change with an executive sponsor
- Use the right listening style
- Provide options and recommendations for major decisions
- Involve the sponsor in resolving cross-functional problems
- And more
Many executives will set a project in motion and then move on. Learn how to keep them involved, motivated to push obstacles aside, and focused on a successful conclusion. Your career prospects depend on it.
About the Author
G. Michael Campbell, PMP is frequent presenter to sold-out project management audiences who has managed global projects for Fortune 500 executives. He is also the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Project Management and Communication Skills for Project Managers.
In this Book
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Understanding the Facts of Life for Executives
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Preparing the Leadership
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Questions Every Project Manager Really Needs Answered
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Establishing the Relationship and Managing up the Organization
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Working with the Executive Sponsor to Understand the Project
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Reviewing the Stakeholder Analysis with Your Sponsor
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Listening Styles and How Using Them Effectively Helps You to Engage an Executive
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Your Attitude and its Role in Engaging an Executive
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Preparing Sponsors for Their Role
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Clearly Establishing the Communication Channels to Stakeholders
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Creating Internal and External Communications with the Sponsor
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Using Deputies of Executives Effectively
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Executing Risk Mitigation Strategies and Executive Sponsor Support
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Addressing Scope with the Sponsor
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Providing Options and Recommendations for Key Decisions
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Communicating Problems and Issues with the Sponsor
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Communicating with Operations Using the Sponsor
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Using the Sponsor to Gain Operations Support
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Getting Help with Cross-Functional Issues
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Navigating the Political Waters
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Engaging Senior Managers When You Have a Multinational, Cross-Cultural Project
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Handling Competition with other Initiatives
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Notes
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Also Written by G. Michael Campbell!
