Confirmation and Measurable Outcomes

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Ensure to confirm assumptions and ask specific questions to determine the importance of a project to the team and organization. Focus on identifying how success will be measured and constantly seek confirmation to avoid faulty assumptions that can hinder progress. Emphasize the need for clarity on the outcomes and ways to measure success in every step of the project.

Kory Kogon offers her practical guide for effective project management–even when you’re not the official project manager.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why most projects fail

2) Key questions to ask before starting any project

3) The five behaviors of successful unofficial project managers

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— ABOUT KORY —

Kory Kogon is FranklinCovey’s vice president of Content and Senior Consultant. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling co-author of The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity, and has appeared as an expert on TODAY, MSNBC’s Your Business, Forbes.com, Inc.com, and on FastCompany.com.

She is also one of the authors of the following FranklinCovey work sessions: The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity®, Project Management Essentials for the Unofficial Project Manager™, and Presentation Advantage®. Kory brings more than 25 years of business expertise, from frontline positions to an executive team member.

• Book: Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

• Website: FranklinCovey.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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