From the course: Making the Most of a Difficult Design Job

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Keeping your project on track

Keeping your project on track

From the course: Making the Most of a Difficult Design Job

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Keeping your project on track

- Here's a scenario. The project has been bumpy. Maybe it's been challenging from the beginning but you're at the point where you feel it's not going well or you've been told by the client that it's not going well. Now is the ideal time to get things back on track. Many factors that push a project off track are things you have zero control over. Your client might be under a ton of pressure at work, not feeling confident in the project, being undermined in some way or dealing with a variety of personal stuff. I remind myself and my team a something Brene Brown says. Life is better when I assume that pupil are doing their best. That really shifted my perspective when it comes to a lot of things. But especially when it comes to managing a tough project. Even if the feedback comes in a hot tempered or rude way, this helps me know avoid storylines that may or may not be true and be able to truly focus on how to best respond…

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