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Yes, you should care about your people, especially when they give in too fast! I had one situation today that was really amazing: one of my people said they won't pursue an opportunity, although the most fervant demandeur for it! What would you do in this situation?? As you are in the fast forward area, where everything has to happen yesterday, today does not exist, and we are always building our future... the most logical reaction would have been: fine, let's see who else would be interested. But I did one surprising thing: I've asked: WHY do you want to not give it try? And we had a chat about it, and then a face-to-face discussion, where I've listened to the other, trying to understand what was going on beyond the "I don't want it anymore", and asking a lot of questions. At some point of the discussion, and not even too far into it, the other asked me: why do you even bother with me? I'm a bad person, and I've just changed my mind after ...

Each company has put in place more or less complex procedures for a smooth project management for all their projects. They have procedures for planning, procedures for monitoring and control, procedures for risk management and, of course, for project communication. What most of the companies fail to manage is the actual human side of the communication, the way of communicating the problems and the way managers react to problems. In a study conducted by VitalSmarts and The Concours Group, named Silence Fails: The Five Crucial Conversations for Flawless Execution , more than 1,000 executives and project management professionals across 40 companies in a wide variety of industries were surveyed. The study pointed out five undiscussable issues that are the most prevalent and most costly barriers to project success, including: 1) Image from  https://www.freepik.com/ fact-free planning – a project is set up to fail with deadlines or resource limits that are set with no consideration for r...