Dysfunction Junction

[ Login/Subscribe ]

Features

Departments

PPM

Tools

Executive

Resources

About Us

Home > Features > Interviews

Dysfunction Junction
Kathleen Ryan O'Connor (July 16, 2009)

The future of too many organizations — and individuals, for that matter — seems to be set on "default." Change initiatives and process improvements come and go, but the underlying problems remain. Steve Zaffron says project leaders and teams can help rewrite the future together by understanding three fundamental laws of performance.

When it comes to executing projects, even the perfect plan and the best team can sink like stone when morale tanks. But what can you do at a time when no industry is immune to retrenchment and reorganization, which can sap the productivity of even the most dedicated performers?

Steve Zaffron, CEO of the global consulting firm Vanto Group and a respected voice in the areas of leadership and organization, says the answers can be found in understanding three fundamental laws of performance, detailed in his new bestselling book with Dave Logan, "The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life" (Jossey-Bass, 2009).

Part of the book's success — it's a top 20 seller in Amazon.com's management and investing category and in the top 1,000 overall — is that so many companies are resigned to patching holes in morale and performance, never a long-term solution. Zaffron, whose clients include Apple, Lockheed Martin and Johnson & Johnson, lays out new ideas for overcoming skepticism and dysfunctional dynamics.

In his Editor’s Note to the book, leadership guru Warren Bennis writes: “As we move into the heart of the twenty-first century, it’s time for business leaders to ask what impact they want their career and their entire organization to make? The future that’s already written about organizations is not the most ideal.

Please login/register to read the entire article.

Sponsored Announcements and Special Offers

Economical and Effective PMP Certification Training: CertSchool an REP and Price Champion offers 4 Day Bootcamps in New Jersey, Los Angeles, and San Jose for just $750. And Web Based Instructor Led Live PMP Prep classes for $500. Includes lectures, videos & audios to download, sample questions, notes and 36 Contact Hours! Register – FREE PMP Training demo session

Utilize SharePoint for Project Management! – Earn 15 PDUs. Project Integrators, LLC is offering their two-day workshop ‘Essential SharePoint for Project Managers’ in a city near you. Use SharePoint to Improve project collaboration, communication, and reporting. Create robust SharePoint sites for your projects, publish reports online with Excel Services, and create management dashboards. Click to view our current public workshop schedule.

New On-Demand Webinar "Driving Product Strategy From The Top Down". If you manage or are involved with project and product decisions for multiple products, this webcast will provide practical insights and tools to make your job easier. Learn how multiple projects "fit" together, the value customers receive from a portfolio approach, and successful methods in PPM tools. Learn best-practices, communicating strategy, what to consider when making multiple product decisions.

How can your company increase efficiency and maintain a competitive advantage in the PM marketplace? Learn how Oracle's Primavera project portfolio management solutions can help your organization succeed in these tough economic times. This free whitepaper paper highlights important elements and benefits of standardizing business processes and how PPM can help your business and technology succeed throughout the company.

CertSchool Training
IBM
Instantis
Jama Software
Keller Graduate School
Management Concepts
Microsoft
Oracle
PMI
PM War Stories
PowerSteering Software
PPM Executive Newsletter
RMC Project Mgmt
Stanford University

March 2010:

How much do your tools, processes and PMO help or hinder you?