Dear Frank, It was such a pleasure working with you! The whole team left the week energized and inspired (myself especially). We made a first pass at the table to explain the timeline to the leadership team last week, and the message was well received. They accepted the revised timeline as there was no business pressure to start up, and we aligned on what we would and wouldn’t do to start up sooner. Corporate Engineering was onsite as well, and they loved the tactile and visual representation of the schedule. It was incredible how quickly people understood and aligned on a visual representation of the schedule when we had been struggling to have productive conversations over the same thing on Microsoft Project schedule for months! With regards to John, your suggested approach about looking at the model, collaborating on the facts, and using it as a tool to work together worked famously. I greatly appreciate the advice. I’ve still got a long way to go to get him on the bus, but the rest of the team seems to be eagerly riding along. We also love the idea of the elephant in the room and the emotions/conflicts table. Andrew
Hi Frank, – THANKYOU! – Words can’t describe how much I appreciated everything you shared with the team and me over the 3 day workshop. Your candid humor and charismatic way of embedding us with the simple but brilliant 9 step process we need to follow was remarkable. I never expected the type of support, encouragement from you as facilitator. The impact you made on the team and the way you orchestrated the 3 days is inspirational and magical and were able to lay the foundation. There is a long journey ahead and I am glad we are all entering this speaking the same language and excited to make this project a success! Thanks, Ritu
