Kory Kogon > Quotes

“Character is who you are under pressure, not when everything is fine.” —RITU GHATOURY”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“People naturally want to matter—and they want to make a contribution that matters.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Anything that can be changed will be changed until there is no time left to change anything.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Here’s what I’ve observed: Successful projects are transparent. Everyone knows what’s working well and what isn’t. Information is broadly shared and there’s no guessing, enabling people to make small adjustments that keep the project in alignment. In unsuccessful projects, information is doled out on an ‘as-needed’ basis. People are expected to work in silos, keep their heads down, stay focused on their own part of the project, and are discouraged from asking questions.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Every life has the potential to be lived deeply. —William Powers”
― Kory Kogon, The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity

“a smart project leader starts with the assumption that nothing is clear”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“There is no such thing as an ongoing project—that would be an oxymoron.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“The goal in your interviews with key stakeholders is to decipher or decode the pictures in their minds.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“a smart project leader starts with the assumption that nothing is clear.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Your job as leader is not to manage them but to help them manage themselves. That means “clearing the path” for them, making it possible for them to keep their commitments. You engage people through consistent and shared accountability.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“a critical principle of project management: Words are only code for the pictures in our minds.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Project management is as much about effectively leading people as it is about skillfully managing a process. You’ve heard the fable of the goose and the golden eggs—you’ll recall that the impatient farmer killed the goose to get at all the eggs and ended up with nothing. In project management terms, the outcome is the golden egg, but the project team is the goose. The true formula for winning at projects is PEOPLE + PROCESS = SUCCESS.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title

“Words are only code for the pictures in our minds.”
― Kory Kogon, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager: A FranklinCovey Title