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  THE  "GETTING  TO A YES "  SERIES 4:  THE   EXECUTOR!! Hello Folks, I guess you are doing great and making the best of the rest of the month. I'm glad to be here on the final lap of a series that got me sharing insights from my experience managing people on projects. Through the "Getting To A Yes" Series, I have been able to specify the parties you mostly need a yes from in other to succeed on a project. Here is a quick recap to keep you on track 👇 THE SPONSOR; who sees the vision, sets the pace and keeps the project manager on his/her toes. THE INFLUENCER; not necessarily visible but important as they have the capacity to influence the sponsor. THE EXECUTOR; those you finally assign the job to administer and maximise resources for a project on your behalf. While my previous posts addressed the sponsor and the influencer, my final post on this series will beam the spotlight on the EXECUTOR 👇 #1:  WHO  THEY  ARE  (PLOUGHMEN) These are...

THE  "GETTING  TO A YES "  SERIES 3:  THE   INFLUENCER!! Hi there, Trust this post meets you well. It's still the "Getting To A Yes" series, where I seek to help my audience know how best to work with people and get the job done. I'm here in furtherance of an insightful conversation on how to get to a yes with the parties that matter on your projects.  In my last post I started out with the project sponsors, the ones who champion the vision behind the project and have the capacity to make things happen. And now to the INFLUENCER; the largely invisible yet one of the most important persons in the room. If you have been following the ongoing FIFA world cup tournament, then you will understand my description of the influencer as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), but this time on the project. ⚽ 🤩 As it is with football, the VAR won't stop the players from doing whatever they want, yet it has the capacity to influence decisions both to their favor and disfa...

  THE  "GETTING  TO A YES "  SERIES 2:  THE   SPONSOR!! Happy Weekend Folks, Trust you are doing great and making the best of the month of June. From my end I took up a series titled "Getting To A Yes" where I share insights on how you can push to get the job done, working with different (but reasonable) people on your project. I started out identifying the folks you would mostly need a yes from and the first on the list is The Sponsor (a.k.a The Boss). My choice of the word "Sponsor" (over Boss) is deliberate and that's because anyone can claim to be the boss yet have no capacity, while being a sponsor is capacity personified 😊 This statement hails from my past experiences mistaking appearance for capacity, especially working in a city with a "fake it, till you make it" culture (name of the city withheld) 😄 The question therefore is; how can one qualify The Sponsor?, and how do you get a yes from them? 👇 #1:  LISTEN  WHO THEY ARE  Again, ...

THE  "GETTING  TO  A  YES "  SERIES:  WHAT'S A  YES?!! Hi Peeps, I guess you are doing great and making the best of the sixth month that's six days gone. It's a brand new month with a brand new series, where I get to share my experience managing people on projects, The "Getting To A Yes" Series holds some insights for my audience especially if you have to liaise with people from time to time in the bid to get your job done. In other words, getting the job done requires getting to a yes. I understand we sometimes work with unreasonably difficult people, but for now my goal is to help you see how best you can push to get the job done, working with different (but reasonable and ideal) people, without becoming a tyrant on one end, or a 'yes man' on the other. I will start by first specifying the folks you mostly need a yes from, then subsequently address what yes means to them and how to get a yes from them. Please come with me 👇 #1:  THE SPONSOR Le...