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Planning to Build Versus Building the Plan

Posted August 7, 2007 | | Amplify

Apparently, former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." Like many popular quotes, it is not clear whether he actually said this, but it is interesting to run into a situation where the expressed wisdom holds true.

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Jim Brosseau
Jim Brosseau has been working with teams for almost three decades and is passionate about educating people about the role that relationships and interpersonal friction have on the success or failure of projects. Today, he leads a team of 12 facilitators delivering project management and leadership workshops that embody this philosophy of focusing primarily on team relationships to over 2,000 people each year. Mr. Brosseau has volunteered with… Read More
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