Demetrios Gianniris

A Guide to Running an Effective Meeting (Part Two)

Welcome to part two of 'A Guide to Running an Effective Meeting'. Below are some additional techniques for running an effective meeting. Stay on topic When conversation strays, your job as meeting leader is to rein it in and bring the discussion back to the items listed on the meeting agenda and/or meeting minutes...

Demetrios Gianniris

A Guide to Running an Effective Meeting (Part One)

Meetings are a way of life in the corporate world and most people will agree that they fall into two categories: 1. Those that are Effective; and 2. Those that are Not. When meetings are run effectively, they serve a critical corporate productivity function. When meetings are run ineffectively, they waste time, become non-essential and simply cost money. This two-part article provides meeting leaders some helpful techniques you can implement to make sure your meetings stay...

Demetrios Gianniris

The Project Management Diamond

Project Management has long been a fact of life. It is a discipline that has been around almost as long as humans, and although its techniques are constantly evolving, the foundations that ensure its success have changed very little. Project Management is a seemingly very simple discipline. Like any human undertaking, however, projects need to be performed and delivered under...

Demetrios Gianniris

The Power of Project Momentum: Building a Wave

Those who have been fortunate enough to feel the aura of what it is like inside projects that have gone from good to great, are likely to agree to this: No matter how dramatic the end result, good to great project transformations do not happen in one miraculous step. There was no single defining action, no one breakthrough innovation, no solitary lucky break, no hidden secret, no wrenching...

Demetrios Gianniris

Learning to Navigate Project Management Politics (Part 2)

Earlier this week, I discussed some best practices for project management, as well as strategies for managing the politics that are commonly involved in the project management process. Today, we’ll look at some additional pointers for navigating this project management process. At the end of this article, I've also included a presentation that encapsulates the key elements to navigating project management politics...