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Movers and Shakers: Tiffany Dufu, President, The White House Project

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Tiffany Dufu (President, The White House Project) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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Five Ways to Win Well with Your Assistant

Let's Grow Leaders

She’s overseeing projects, and clicking off those daily/weekly/monthly tasks that you may forget about while you focus on what YOU do best. Instead of hammering me about it, Karin acknowledged it but helped us quickly move on. He’s in the background responding to emails, setting appointments, or fixing your website.

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What Your Client And Team Needs Most: THE TRUTH

Clinton M. Padgett

Without truthful, transparent, and realistic expectations, your project has a greater chance to fail. I’ve personally observed this in situations with clients who have had unrealistic requirements at the start of a project. A project manager who can’t manage scope shouldn’t be in that role. First featured on Forbes.com.

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Five Ways to Win Well with Your Assistant

Let's Grow Leaders

She’s overseeing projects, and clicking off those daily/weekly/monthly tasks that you may forget about while you focus on what YOU do best. Instead of hammering me about it, Karin acknowledged it but helped us quickly move on. He’s in the background responding to emails, setting appointments, or fixing your website.

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Voice of Experience: Denise M. Grant (Shearman & Sterling)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Grant (Partner, Project Development & Finance Group, Shearman & Sterling) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Here is an excerpt from a profile of Denise M.

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It’s Time to Abolish the 70% Change Failure Rate Statistic

Change Starts Here

” One quote that never seems to be mentioned is this follow up in 1995, where Michael Hammer said: “In Reengineering the Corporation , we estimated that between 50 and 70 percent of reengineering efforts were not successful in achieving the desired breakthrough performance. 70% of Change Projects Fail: Bollocks!

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5 Effective Strategies for General Contractors to Cut Costs

Strategy Driven

In the former case, the owner of the project only has to pay a fixed cost that includes overhead and profit. You may have to send lots of emails and hammer the phones. It will help in absorbing any deviances in a project that result in increased cost. Consider adding an escalation clause in all your projects as well.

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