Executive Update

The Gospel According to Risk: Sharing the Good News?

Posted April 1, 2006 | Leadership | Leadership |

Sharing risk information is an organizational challenge. Telling management, team members, and even family what bad things may happen can be a lesson in frustration. On the one hand, we are supposed to have a measure of what doctors refer to as "professional detachment"; while on the other, we want to empathize, sympathize, and relate to the potential negatives. But there is a "gospel" in sharing the negatives: there is a bright spot associated with invoking bad news. It's a matter of basic management communication.

About The Author
Carl Pritchard
Carl Pritchard is a project management thought leader and a lead chapter author for the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th edition. Mr. Pritchard is US correspondent for the British project management magazine Project Manager Today and an internationally recognized lecturer and author, with five books to his credit, including Risk Management: Concepts & Guidance. He co-produced The Portable PMP Prep, a 9-CD audio training… Read More
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