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06/18/07 Tip of the Week. People Accountability: Tip 10 - Act as if you have the authority.

June 18, 2007 from Mark Perry

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Often times, project managers have very little real authority in terms of reporting structure, or budget, or even being part of the leadership team’s decision making process. But, in fact, project managers do have authority. When a person commits to do work for you, when a functional manager commits resources to you, when an executive commits their time and attention to you, you as project manager have authority over all of that. And, you have the right to exercise that authority.


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