Project Management for Trainers: Stop "Winging It" and Get Control of Your Training Projects

Manage Change

It is important to point out that the phrase “manage change” is significantly different from the phrase “control change.” Misunderstanding the difference between the two is one of the most serious hindrances to project success. If a project manager believes that he or she must control change to be successful, every change will destroy his or her self-confidence, and eventually the project will fail, if only from self-fulfilling expectations. This downward cycle, whereby lowered self-confidence drives failure, which in turn reduces self-confidence, and so forth, occurs in many projects and seems to happen most during times of rapid change. This spiral’s effect is not limited to the project manager, and the project team members quickly ...