Start strong: Setting your project up for success

The way a project starts sets the tone for everything that follows. A strong kickoff ensures clear goals, aligned expectations, and a shared understanding of roles—while a weak one leads to miscommunication, delays, and costly course corrections down the line. Yet, many learning projects begin without a structured kickoff process, leading to confusion and misalignment before real work even begins.

This session provides a step-by-step guide to running an effective project kickoff, covering how to align stakeholders, set expectations, establish key decisions, and lay the foundation for success. You’ll learn how to facilitate a structured kickoff meeting that brings clarity and momentum to your learning projects—so you can avoid delays, misalignment, and unnecessary rework. Whether you’re managing a small learning initiative or a large-scale training rollout, this session will give you the tools to start strong and stay on track.

Your people will learn how to:

Structure a high-impact project kickoff, so you can create clarity, build momentum, and prevent confusion from the start.
Establish project goals and success criteria upfront, so everyone is aligned on what success looks like and how it will be measured.
Clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority, so you can prevent miscommunication, delays, and conflicts over ownership.
Facilitate a productive kickoff meeting, so key discussions happen early, reducing scope creep and costly changes later.
Define communication and collaboration norms, so teams stay engaged, informed, and aligned throughout the project.
Identify potential risks and constraints early, so you can address obstacles proactively instead of reacting to problems mid-project.
Gain stakeholder commitment and buy-in from the start, so you avoid delays caused by misalignment or disengaged sponsors.

Capacity

20 people

Location

Virtual

Duration

2.5 hours

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About BCL

Understanding how people learn isn’t always enough. To get projects done and make sure you target the right goals, you have to navigate complex organizations and their social environments. That’s where consulting experience is a huge advantage. We combine deep understanding of learning with practical management consulting experience. This is the key to delivering high end learning experiences that move the dial.

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BCL is a full-service learning development and consulting agency based in Durham, NC. Originally founded as Bull City Learning in 2013, BCL creates high-impact learning programs that precisely target our clients’ most pressing performance needs.

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