It's always good to look back and review how things went as part of an experiential learning process, so this is my review of 2016 and no don't worry, I'm not going to mention Brexit or Trump!
January began as usual with me opening Topsham outdoor swimming pool on New Year's Day (I'll be doing it again on Sunday morning). The rest of January was taken up with worrying about storm Gertrude and flooded rugby pitches.
February things started to pick up and we were able to play a few games. Not a lot else seemed to be happening!
March saw the publication of a white paper on why projects really fail, while on the rugby front Exeter Chiefs needed to bounce back from a bad loss to Leicester, and Topsham needed to keep up the pressure for a play-off spot.
April spent two weeks in Jamaica, saw a good bit of the island and met some great people. While back at home Topsham RFC secured promotion from Devon 1 to the Cornwall and Devon league, brilliant!
May saw the start of the cricket season (yawn) so I turned my concentration onto what we can do to make sure projects go right (rather than looking at why they go wrong).
June looked at the steps we need to take to implement successful project management.
July discussed the soft skills of project management.
August looked at building a good team and pre-season training started at long last.
September saw the need to stay calm and how we should measure success in project management, while the new season kicked off well.
October saw things building up to Bonfire Night, our biggest fund raising event at the club and another great team effort.
November the fifth was a great success and hopefully we captured all the lessons learned for next year! I also started walking rugby taster sessions at the clubhouse.
December and thoughts turn towards the Christmas and New Year (two weekends with no rugby at Topsham), but fortunately Exeter Chiefs kept us entertained, making it into the top four after a poor start to the season.
So that was my 2016 in a nutshell.
Here's wishing you all a very happy and successful New Year.
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