Join the Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA), serving greater Philadelphia and the surrounding region, for a breakfast, networking, and "Buzz Session” conversation. This discussion will be about "How to Rescue Consulting Projects that have become "Derailed,” 7:30 to 9:30 AM Friday, September 20, 2013, at Maggiano's Restaurant, 205 Mall Blvd, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Bruce Govan, President of Govan Consulting, LLC will facilitate this topic. Bruce has more than 30 years of experience in corporate management and consulting in a variety of industries.

Initial meetings with your prospective client go well. You develop the project objectives with an enthusiastic project sponsor. You develop a proposed statement of work and project plan. You land the engagement and begin work. Then, unexpectedly things start to go wrong. You realize that changing requirements, priorities, and available resources, as well as client politics have superseded your agreed plan and objectives. You find yourself working beyond the original scope resulting in unplanned extra work while perceptions of your services are devalued. This leads to soured client relations, a failed engagement, or some combination of these outcomes.

Please come prepared with your own stories about how a consulting project got derailed, the steps that you took to correct it, and how well these steps worked to achieve a positive outcome.

Bruce Govan helps businesses striving for operational excellence to navigate the potentially turbulent waters of change and growth through speaking, training, and consulting. His Management Navigation_SM services span strategic planning, business process management, organizational change management, project management, and leadership development. Mr. Govan holds a BSBA from Drexel University, has taught process management, project management, and leadership development courses at the Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, and is an active member of the Mid-Atlantic Consultants Network, Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce, and Chester County, PA Toastmasters.