Project Manager Coaching

Introducing a coaching and people development process to improve the productivity and capability of your Project Managers A

How can you avoid project failure ?
How can you optimise your chances of delivering successful projects?

Rainmaker consultants, through their experiences at the sharp-end have worked with numerous project implementations, project audits and project rescues.

They understand the critical success factors that influence project outcomes.

We understand that methodologies like PRINCE2 are important.
We also know that even when using them together with the latest PM technologies that success is not guaranteed.
We also understand that the return on investment for traditional training is widely acknowledged to be low.
Collaborating with stakeholders and project team members is a vital component that is often not managed effectively.

What do we deliver Project Manager Coaching to you?

Project Success Planning (PSP) is a collaborative coaching process that:-

• Engages the project team and key stakeholders
• Provides more insight and increases the chance of success
• Supports and complements existing tools and methods
• Provides reinforcement to good practices
• Increases the ROI on any earlier training investment
• Focuses on leading performance indicators
• Avoids pitfalls and keeps projects on track
• Provides a coaching mechanism for Project Delivery Management
• Ensuring consistent and relevant reviews
• Develops more capable and motivated Project Managers

How do we deliver the Project Manager Coaching ? 

Project Success Planning (PSP) is delivered via a series of workshops:-

• We start with a two day event with project teams
  
  • We focus with them on their live projects.
  • Rainmaker consultants teach the production of Project Success Plans

• A subsequent one day event with the Project Managers Coaching them.
  • We review progress against the Project Success Plans 

• A one day Project Manager Coaching workshop for Delivery Managers and Programme Managers
  
  • We coach them on how to manage their Project Managers by using PSP
  • This ensures that success continues after we leave 

We will work with you to tailor our content and deliver it to your specific needs

If it sounds like Project Manager Coaching is something you'd find useful...
then take advantage of our no obligation, completely free offer

Email us, put “ Project Manager Coaching ” in your subject line add your contact details

We will arrange an All Ears Meeting to get to know you and your issues

We’ll get an understanding and write up our initial recommendations

You can go ahead with our recommendations or use them with others

Our promise is that you’ll have 2 useful and free suggestions from us

What’s the business case for Project Manager Coaching and training?

What are your answers to the following questions?

•   What is the cost of a project manager not up to speed in your organisation?
•   What does a poorly managed project do to your reputation?
•   What does a poorly managed project do to your chance of repeat business?
•   Do you have people on your team who are successful project managers? 

•  If you improved the skills of the team to that level...
• What would that be worth?
•  You already know that training for project managers will pay for itself quickly

What are the benefits of Project Manager coaching to your business? 

• Significantly improve the capability of your Project Managers and Project Teams
• The teams in turn achieve a high project delivery success rate 
  •  To time, budget and customer expectations
•  Increase the productivity of project resources
• Provide a repeatable process useable at any time in a project life cycle
• Provide Service Delivery Managers and Programme Managers with a consistent and focused means of reviewing project performance beyond the traditional reporting formats

What are the people who deliver Project manager Coaching ?

People who
•   Have a wealth of relevant Project Management experience to bring to your situation
•   Who quickly grasp your needs and the nature of your business
•   Are experienced corporate managers in most cases
•   People who know that life is for living and enjoying the journey

Who actually delivers Project Manager Coaching and Project Success Planning

It depends and we’ll always check for ‘chemistry’ between you and our coaches
An example of one of our coaches is:-

Mike Watson:  

Mike is a highly successful and experienced Project Manager.

Mike has worked with a number of blue chip companies, local authorities and other public sector organisations including AT&T, BSkyB, BT, HMRC, Essex County Council, and the London Development Agency.

Mike has a passionate belief that the level of project management capability in the UK can be significantly improved by the application of Project Manager Coaching and Project Success Planning.

How about an example of someone we’ve delivered Project Manager Coaching for?

One recent client used us to implement Project Manager Coaching and Project Success Planning into their Service Delivery organisation. 41 people (including 11 Project managers) in  11 key projects
Everyone was coached in the application of PSP over a 6 month period

Our Client was very satisfied with their results:-

• All of their Project Managers now focus on factors that make a difference 
•  Each Project Manager’s capability has improved
  • Particularly Stakeholder Relationship Management
•  Project Managers focus on the importance of providing project outcomes
  •  Ones with clear links & benefit to organisations business objectives
• Project Management productivity has increased substantially
• Significantly more projects are completed on time

If project manager coaching looks like something that would suit you…

What should you do now? You have a number of options:

Call us on 0845 652 1955

• We are an experienced team, focused and small in number
• And like to keep busy... so if you want to be first in the queue
• This is the option to choose

 

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Take advantage of our free no obligation offer...

• We will come to you for ½ a day to listen and discuss your issues with you 
• We’ll get an understanding of your Project Manager Coaching needs
• We'll write up our initial recommendations
• You can go ahead with our recommendations or use them yourself
• Our promise is that you’ll have 2 useful and free suggestions from us