Major Challenges

Challenges Addressed

Below are some of the issues addressed in previous workshops on The Art of Negotiation for Project Managers:

How to create coherence when building a plan involving over 2,500 team members and 7-8 vendors.
How to persuade senior management to allocate necessary resources.
How to generate curiosity within the team.
How to manage effectively with responsibility but no authority.
How to uncover the real decision makers.
How to deal effectively with a vendor who changes the agenda midstream.
How to retrieve "power" under impossible circumstances.
How to assure accountability for all members of the team.
How to navigate effectively in turbulent and uncertain waters.
How to influence changes in the corporate culture.
How to pilot effectively through chaos.
How to understand corporate politics and to become an effective player.
How to overcome resistance to change.
How to obtain an effective and reliable buy-in from teammates.
How to develop a shared sense in the master plan - the mission.
How to help turn "techies" into more effective managers.
How to negotiate a reliable and realistic deadline.
How to maintain steadiness.
How to focus on "solutions," not problems.
How to uncover the hidden agenda.
How to get the boss to "believe me."
How to develop a common purpose.
How to budget intelligently for staffing and training.
How to deal effectively with conflict.
How to communicate effectively across national boundaries.
How to complete a project on time and budget without going crazy.
How to deal with "balkers."

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