Wisdom About Working Together
Here is some more from the fantastic experience of co-presenting with a leadership expert recently. We used a TV talk show format which resulted in an excellent roundtable discussion. Particularly relevant to project managers was the discussion about five keys to working with people:
1. Vision- enable people to see themselves in the situation you are developing
2. Learn skills- show the team you are willing to learn new skills and understand their jobs
3. Incentives- remember that one key incentive is the promise of things working better so that jobs are more rewarding
4. Resources- pay attention to the small things, e.g., make a printer or copier more available by relocating it
5. Action plan- this is key to getting people to focus, especially the dreaded “idea man”
More on dealing with the idea man in the next post.
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Nov 1, 2007 at 12:28 am
[…] Turek of Project Management 411 made an excellent post about working together. Naturally, this inspired me to write my own post […]
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