Brett Guerringue

After graduating Politics and Diplomacy I was fortunate to start working as a PA for the former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. On my first day of work, I went to his room to sing some papers. I said "Mr. Olmert…" but soon he stopped me, looked into my eyes and said "You can call me Ehud". From that day I always watched carefully how he communicate with every person that came to our office, or even when we walked on the street. No matter if it was a Prime Minister from another country, a CEO of a big company, an executive leader or just someone that came to ask for help. Every time his approach was to treat that person respectfully and genuinely, without making him feel that he is above nor inferior.

How do you identify a project management methodology or process that is over-engineered? How do you draw the line to minimize time/effort wasted on building a tool or process that may be unnecessary?

Most of us know the entrenched and also "newer" PM methodologies out there, used based on the industry, product, service or complexity.

Hi, I would like to know how to ensure that people in high workload prevent burnout.

When the pay for employees are low compared to market, can it br compensated with better working conditions and more flexibility, food and refreshments during working hours?

To get a higher output is it better that employees are commission based absolutely? Especially in sales.

As PMs and business managers overall take on increasingly heavy workloads, it makes sense that efficiencies should be incorporated into the work to increase productivity and spend less time on repetitive manual tasks.

Even in the most performing organisations, people are confrontated to problems on a daily basis. What makes the difference between a high and a low performing organisation is the ability to solve efficiently the problems met on a daily basis. Low performing organisations simply take the problems as a bad chance and they are complaining about them to justify the low performance. High performing organisations take each problem as an opportunity to improve. Three basic mistakes in the Problem Solving process are: - Rush instead of thinking & acting fastly ; - Think too much and keep in the planning phase for many "good" reasons (meanwhile the problem has changed) ; - Run alone and not empower the team (no participative approach).

Hi, can you give me some advice how to manage a remote team during the coronavirus pandemic? Thank you.

What is the best practice for newcomers to gain respect from other usually more senior and often older colleagues? Do you have any experience of any of the two perspectives?

Hi guys, I was curious about the most common mistakes which PM are doing? Is it more in hard or soft part of managing? Thank you!

According to PMI, about a third of all projects in the US fail due to a lack of communication and teamwork. A lack of collaboration can undermine even the best-planned and resourced project from the beginning.

How can a project manager strike a balance between micromanaging and not managing enough with the team?

I am looking for a best practice to encourage project stakeholder participation.

Is high performer within a team always satisfied? When can a leader spot him/her?

Customer declares benefits expected in Business Case.

Hello, I would like to ask how to train communication.

If a team is recording and discussing lessons learned but not implementing them on future projects, what options does a PM have to improve the application of them?

There is a great added value in introverts, however, it is often difficult to approach them.

Along any point in project planning or execution, management takes little proper consideration for potential pitfalls concerning scope, time, cost and quality, among others.

Most people are uncomfortable about receiving honest, constructive feedback. Managers can be resistant to requesting feedback and team members can be resistant to giving it due to possible ramifications.

Many times value for the customer or stakeholder only arrives when the final product is delivered.

The team will successfully make a list of mistakes and potential improvements but may stop short of actually planning to integrate them into a future project.

During the initial phase of the project, stakeholder(s) did not receive adequate information concerning project time line, cost or other unique project characteristics.

Sometimes success for a manager of any level means deciding what is important and what is not at different points in time. A good manager can find the critical route without distraction.

Manager takes note and formally documents team and personal performance after a finite project, process or time period.

The management team, when implementing or planning a new endeavor, creates rationale for the project which is confusing, unrelated or incomplete.

Manager successfully directed and communicated with stakeholders of what project or process plans, actions and benefits will be.

Mistakes and success is not noted or taken into account after a project and business process is completed.

Hello, I would like to ask how does a project manager develop the transfer of knowledge within teams and or company-wide?

Client is demanding unattainable or unethical action concerning your business approach or project.

What is the importance of a project kickoff?

Client, stakeholder or team member wants to modify scope after the scope's size or nature is signed off on.

When work on a project stalls or becomes undesirable, and colleagues are faltering, rise to the occasion and lead the way, even if you're not a manager.

As junior project manager I wonder if the project manager have to be an expert in the project’s field.

What is the most important point when it comes to stakeholder management?

Upper management provides little or no support for lower management and project managers.

Hi I am the Product Owner and a development team member on one project.

Client, stakeholder or team member wants to modify scope after the scope's size or nature is signed off on.

A project or business milestone is time sensitive but you realize there may not be enough time for completion.

Hey guys, one more question how often should I control my team members without them feeling I’m micromanaging them?

Quality of large or small outcome is poor.