David Saul
David Saul is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist at State Street Services. David also acted as State Street’s Chief Information Security Officer and other duties during his 20-year career at State Street including being on the PMO’s advisor committee. Prior to joining State Street David was a project manager at IBM’s Cambridge Scientific Center. David has a master’s from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Advice Articles
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor have a balanced approach to ambition.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor take a difficult problem and break it up into pieces that are more manageable.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor get the team to make decisions early.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor give up power to the team.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor set an example of facilitation by recognizing people’s contributions on an ongoing basis.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor be grounded in ethical behavior
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor focus on the outcome when measuring the success of a project.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor find ways to inspire people.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor listen more and…
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor build an environment of mutual respect.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor should not worry about over celebrating.
David Saul suggests the executive sponsor be visible to the project community by creating a social network. “I think it’s very important for the executive to be visible on social networking communities.
