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Mentoring

Executives have a tendency to think that people in senior positions, or people that have been given project responsible roles know what they should be doing. Having operational skills and knowledge or subject matter expertise, does not always mean these individuals will fully appreciate the project role that they will be accountable for. Good people that have the confidence of the executives and senior management are usually asked to be key members of the project, yet they might not have had any previous experience or formal training in a project role. In these cases it is always good for them to have support or mentoring.
In addition, executives an senior management also need mentoring on what they should be doing as part of the programme or project.

Our role in providing Mentoring services:

Executive team and Project Sponsors
Executive Team and Project Sponsors.We provide clarity: of roles and responsibilities, respective accountabilities, interdependencies and expectations between competing areas. In addition we define the communication needs of the programme and assist them to understand the direction and decision making they are expected to consider and make.
Project Managers
Project Managers. We can help coach the: project set-up, project planning; assist in embedding project processes and procedures. In addition we mentor the design of dashboards and control metrics reporting; Stakeholder Management; risk and issue Identification; benefit management and value delivery.
Project and Work-stream Leads
Project and Work-stream leads. Ensure they understand their accountabilities, role and responsibilities, motivational aspects for their teams, identification and mitigation of risks and issues.
PMO
Project Management Office. We can assist in the set-up and running. This includes: – set-up of control processes, management of budgets and estimates, implementation of an Integrated Programme Plan; compile and produce management information and metrics; RAID management; implementation of a methodology so that progress is understood and clearly transparent.
Vendor and 3rd Parties
Vendor and 3rd Parties. Remove some of the black-box mentality, improve the quality and control environment, improve delivery and help in the stakeholder engagement to maintain an open and beneficial relationship.

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Ian Hay
Director, Financial Practice

+44 (0)772 0769031
ian.hay@harnessprojects.co.uk