Have you ever started work on a project without a contract in place?

Have you ever started work on a project without a contract in place? 🤨
Be honest!

A lot of partners tend to do so, because
👉🏻 utilisation. You can’t have consultants on the bench 🙅🏻‍♀️
👉🏻 a (virtual) handshake and their word should be good enough, no?
👉🏻 they don’t want to look like they don’t trust the client
👉🏻 they want to be ‘nice’
👉🏻 they have never been sued before.

All really bad reasons.

Having a contract, a Statement of Work, or at the very least – a Letter of Intent which is a contractually binding document protects both the partner AND the client.

This document must be clear and comprehensive as to the scope, the deliverables, the roles, responsibilities and obligations of all parties, and procedures for change approvals and acceptance (and also fee, as well as what happens on breach of contract). ✅

Yeah yeah… I know – all boring stuff. 😬
But so very important.

You really don’t want to wait until the lawyers get involved.
Much as I love them (I have many lawyer-y friends 🥰) this is not the way to do business, or run projects.

Otherwise, you’re in a world of Pain. 😭
And it will be so much worse than trying to wrestle a porcupine! 🦔

Moral of the story: Don’t start work without a Statement of Work!

Have you ever had to do it?
What happened?

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#ProjectManagement
#Leadership
#NoSowNoWork

If you haven’t got anything more interesting

If you haven’t got anything more interesting than clipping your toenails or scrubbing that kitchen sink tomorrow at 2.30pm UK time, then come and listen to Piyusha Pilania‘s LinkedIn Live.

We’ll talk about what the #Salesforce world is like for someone entering into the ecosystem to craft a life for themselves.

The “New Trailblazer” could mean a graduate, or even someone who’s an experienced hire… so if you want to listen to something vaguely interesting *coughcoughcough* 😁

Head towards the comments below 👇🏻and sign up.

Will I see you there?

#ChinWaggingOnThePeiroll

Here are a few things I realised

Here are a few things I realised about the last PeiItForwardChallenge I ran.

Of the 17 people who started the challenge, only 4 actually completed it.

So here’s what I think happened.

Some people start the challenge

🍎 and totally forgets about it until towards the end

🍎 starts well, but then life gets in the way and they haven’t got time to finish

🍎 gets discouraged – “What’s the point – I bet other people are smarter than me and are totally nailing the trailhead points.”

We are halfway through the 2-week challenge to win two spaces on my next Consulting Discovery Masterclass.

Remember you can also post moments when you make the world a better place by doing a kind deed. That’s part of the challenge too.

If you haven’t registered – it’s not too late to do so! Check the comments below for more details 👇🏻

For those who have registered – sending so many 🍀🍀🍀 and 🍩🍩🍩 to aid you on your journey!!

Sindhu Ravi, CSM®

Rakesh Baravathaya

Tash JesuLoba

Josh Ortiz

Zair Zahid

Tena Stromgren

Amy Morris

Joal Rose Lin 吴黎菱

Marine Bourgeois

Woop woop! Blaze those trails!!

Competition closes on the 17th!

The comfort zone

The comfort zone is a safe place to be.
It could be
– your home 🏠
– your family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🐕🐈‍⬛🦈
– your way of being 🤪
… anything.

It’s where you’re in control, you’re safe and you’re comfortable

Being asked to step out of your comfort zone is understandably terrifying. 😱

But it’s where the magic happens.

It’s where you grow, you learn, and you expand beyond the perceived limits of your awesome.

It’s also where magic happens.
The serendipity and wondrous happenstance of luck.

🍩Going on a roadtrip with Vanessa Grant where we didn’t have any fixed plans or place to sleep 😱 (and finding magic along the way)
🍩Saying “yes” to Alex Warneke to add an unscheduled camp stop to my travel plans (lakeside campfire and s’mores added so much magic to the deep conversations with new friends 🥰)
🍩Raising my rates to what I felt I was worth (and getting it!!)

The last one was probably the scariest thing I’ve done recently.

We need cheerleaders in our lives, which means if no one will do it for us – we should do it for ourselves.

Sooo…
How can I be more successful?
How can I support myself in my journey to be the best, most outstanding version of me?

“Well,” I say to myself, ” Step this way and walk the Scary Road of the Uncomfortable and Unknowable but Adequately-Risk-Profiled-Non-Fatal-Or-With-Any-Significant-Possibility-Of-Bodily-Injury Path.” 😬

It’s scary, but necessary for forward motion in life.

What’s the biggest thing you’ve done that scared you?
But which was the best thing that could have happened??

Mine’s actually travelling 6500 miles to find my life partner.
My ÜberHub is probably the best uncomfortable decision I ever made.🥰

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#ComfortZoneIsForRacoons