Debra Brown
What program leadership looks like when everything is on fire
Senior leaders are expected to deliver results across teams, but when challenges span multiple functions, things quickly break down. Ownership becomes unclear, stakeholder alignment is weak, and teams operate in silos. What starts as a technical issue turns into a broader organizational problem—stalling progress and creating frustration across…
indefatigableonline, Kerain Shah and 2 others4 Comments
@brown Debra, It’s always tempting to just react when a project is on fire, but pausing to actually map out the dependencies is the smartest move.
I’ve found that the toughest cross-functional challenges usually get solved the moment you align stakeholders on clear ownership.
Great breakdown of what effective program leadership looks like in the trenches.
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After more than 20 years managing various kinds of projects and dealing variety of stakeholders. My profound finding would be the PEOPLE, who can make and break the project. There were times people in the project team just leave without notice and stakeholders causing melodrama over nothing. Project sponsors thinking they owned project team…
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