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Why you need to engage stakeholders (and how to do it well)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We define it like this: The systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence stakeholders. Where stakeholders feel negatively about projects and changes, engagement helps understand their position and influence their perception. Beyond the interest and influence grid.

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Henry Gantt’s Biography & Role in Gantt Chart History

ProjectManager.com

During this time he was writing articles, such as “A Bonus System of Rewarding Labor” and “A Graphical Daily Balance in Manufacture” for various trade magazines. Later he published Work, Wages and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living (1910), Industrial Leadership (1916) and Organizing for Work (1919).

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30 Team Building Activities

ProjectManager.com

Objective: See other’s perspective in other to help influence their position. Activity: Have some magazines and allow everyone to pick a picture from one. Activity: Dividing group into smaller teams, each of which gets an envelope of cards quartered into triangles. They have three minutes to strategize before trading for eight minutes.

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Change management helps when implementing risk responses

Kiron Bondale

Response owner awareness is a good starting point, but why should they expend their valuable time, money or political influence? Meeting with them in person and clearly articulating the nature of the risks and the proposed responses might work better.

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The Skills You Need to be a Top Communicator

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Technical project communication results in defined outputs like: Posters Emails Newsletters Magazines Intranet and social media sites Presentations Status reports. An understanding of the project management methodology and how communication fits in.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. I think you should read this post, and take it to heart when you write content that is aimed at influencing others. What is the optimal size of a team? Is scaling always a bad idea?

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

Recognize how much of your thinking is still subtly influenced by a mechanical perspective in organizations . like network patterning, mood, safety, social contact and social influence?—?than social influence is that much stronger. Change, resistance, and social influence. than on individual traits.

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