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Common Project Management Pitfalls—and How to Avoid Them
Sylvie Edwards
Essential Communications Skills for All Project Managers
David Barrett
Common Project Management Pitfalls—and How to Avoid Them
Sylvie Edwards
Whether you’re a seasoned project manager or just beginning your journey in the field, understanding the frequent missteps that derail projects is essential to improving outcomes and fostering team success.
Project management is more than just timelines and deliverables—it’s about navigating complexity, managing expectations, and adapting to change. Yet even the most well-planned projects can falter due to overlooked risks, communication breakdowns, or misaligned goals. In Today’s session, we’ll explore five of the common pitfalls, unpack why they occur, and discuss strategies to avoid them..
Essential Communications Skills for All Project Managers
David Barrett
Managers and leaders at all levels of our organizations need to be great communicators. In fact, poor communication skills are one of the top factors that can hold you back from a senior promotion within your organization.
Project managers and project leaders need to be great communicators. Stakeholders, customers, team members, senior management teams, sponsors and more all require a special and unique touch and approach to the way we communicate with them.
This session will address 5 key best practices for essential communications skills for all project managers.
Sylvie Edwards is a respected educator and practitioner in the field of project management. With over two decades of experience in both academic and industry settings, Sylvie brings a unique blend of theoretical insight and practical expertise. She has guided countless students and professionals through the intricacies of project planning, execution, and recovery. Known for her engaging teaching style and creative presentation approach, Sylvie emphasizes clarity, collaboration, and continuous learning as the cornerstones of successful project leadership.
David Barrett
David Barrett is a professional speaker, regular blogger, podcast host, author of 6 books and project management education advisor to numerous universities. David’s career includes the creation and directing of a project management conference business called ProjectWorld / ProjectSummit, a training company, a software development firm, a speaker bureau, a project management portal called ProjectTimes.com and a project management event series called ProjectTalks. Most recently, he has launched a virtual, project management education platform called ProjectBites.com.
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