Get strategic alignment around executive's expectations

Hosted by Jim Dowling and Rich Lynch

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Adapt project agendas to new realities
Amber Román, Jim Dowling, and Rich Lynch
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What you'll learn

Have conversations that solidify executive alignment

Identify and form questions for executives that set project agendas based on business outcomes

Allocate resources based on closing capability gaps

Connect-the-dots for sponsors about projects, resources, and the capabilities that produce outcomes

Double-down on differentiating capabilities

Even as conditions and preferences change, keep project focus on sustaining and extending differentiating capabilities

Why this topic matters

Focusing projects on closing capability gaps is the connective tissue for alignment; gaps that effect ability to deliver solutions, and gaps that prevent the return on investment. Project / Program Managers who bring these insights to the conversation demonstrate commitment to value production and thoughtful management of risk. Those PMs are seen as high-value leaders not administrators.

You'll learn from

Jim Dowling

Innovator & strategy to results guide

A business maker, learner, and coach with a keen interest in helping individuals, teams and organizations realize their performance aspirations. After leaving Engineering and Information Technology, Jim found his work/playground in a place where people, process, technology, and business can align to produce amazing results. Jim has led Teaming, Leadership Alignment, Leader Development, Organization Design, Business Transformation, Strategy Clarification programs for organizations in Europe, The Americas, and Asia

Rich Lynch

Business performance methodology innovator

Curiosity has led Rich into some exciting business innovations such as the balanced scorecard, capability modeling, and new growth platforms. Along the way, he has collaborated with some great people from academia, consulting and client companies. He has authored three books: Measure Up!, Corporate Renaissance, and The Capable Company. In the field, he has led numerous business transformation projects and has been running Strategy to Execution workshop

Previously at

Analog Devices
Bose
Accelare

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