by Miss Hartle | Leadership, Operations, Project Management
A startup company can be very exciting, fast-paced, and often… a mess. You see the founder wearing too many hats, team members juggle roles without clear boundaries, and systems, if they exist, are patched together. It’s not unusual for a promising company to...
by Miss Hartle | Operations, Project Management
Projects don’t usually fail because people are lazy or incapable. In my experience as a Director of Operations and Project Manager, the real culprits behind project failure are hidden in plain sight; silent killers embedded in the way teams work, communicate, and make...
by Miss Hartle | Project Management
In fast-moving businesses, a Project Manager (PM) can either be your secret weapon or your biggest bottleneck. The difference? Some PMs check boxes. Others drive results. If you’ve ever wondered why some projects stall despite having all the “right”...
by Miss Hartle | Operations, Project Management
It sounds genius in a startup meeting:“Let’s have the designer manage the project too. They already know the deliverables.” Scrappy. Efficient. Budget-friendly. But fast forward two weeks, and your ‘design sprint’ is stuck in a group chat, timelines are toast, and...