The Project Manager’s Guide To
Managing The “Difficult Sponsor”
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Live Webinar December 14th, 2017 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training 1 Hour 1 PDU free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Part of the challenge that the Project Manager faces is having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in very different directions.
We’re often taught that our “sponsor” is the person who champions the effort and provides critical support.
Indeed, the sponsor is often the one we’re to seek out for support and issue resolution throughout the project. But what do you do when your sponsor IS the problem???
Unfortunately, sponsors can sometimes be unrealistic, overly demanding, absent/unsupportive, domineering/overbearing, erratic, unclear, or just plain weak!
The good news is that there are techniques that even a rookie project manager can use to effectively manage these difficult sponsors.
This workshop explores 3 specific varieties of the “difficult sponsor”:
- The MIA Sponsor
- The Egomaniac
- The Weakling
This presentation provides practical, easy to use tips and techniques that project managers can use immediately to help manage these difficult sponsors for optimum project success.
Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile); an energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator; garnered her critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.
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The Project Manager’s Guide To
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