Ever tried to have a conversation while your aunt Edna is yapping, loud, having a chat with someone else one feet away? It’s hard to concentrate when another conversation is interfering with yours. Your communication channel gets polluted. Aunty Edna isn’t aware of what see is doing. She didn’t intend to sabotage my conversation. I …
You can limit your team’s room to operate. By giving them detailed instructions what to do, by giving them very fixed and tight constraints, you can drive them into a funnel of efficiency. It’s like a bobsled track. The less room you have to move sideways, the faster you go. But what happens if you …
Aligning the means between individuals, project and organization is a Herculean task for any Project Leader. The means are the rules of the project. The way things are done. Following are two strategies that can be used to align means. To provide you with some ideas. To start the discussion. Patterning – Going Through The …
The current project environment requires Project Leadership. Previously I described the elements of Project Leadership as: Goals and Means on individual, project and organizational level Alignment of goals and means on all levels by communication This may sound like something you haven’t done before. But believe me, you do this almost every day. Example: The …
As a Project leader you are dumped in an organization you have never seen before. You get people assigned you don’t know. The organization prescribes methods and tools you don’t like. And of course, there are a gazillion of unwritten rules. Welcome to your project life. You run on partial Information, partial Influence and partial …