Currently I am tracking 97 blogs related to “Project Management”. Last month I found the following postings highly remarkable and interesting…
This month Kimberly Wiefling, author of “Scrappy Project Management“, wrote a great series about leadership and project management. I highly recommend every single entry… BUT I just have to highlight two as they really struck a chord.
Photography by Willy Hybrid.
“… my organizations were steaming heaps of dysfunctional behavior and inefficiency, and what our official leaders needed to do seemed blindingly obvious. I just couldn’t understand why they were standing around smiling and slapping each other on the back about meeting monthly numbers while smoldering embers of inevitable corporate downfall were poised to burst into flames all around us… It never occurred to me that things looked different from the top of the totem pole. It wasn’t until years later that someone told me that the hierarchy in companies is like a bunch of monkeys sitting in a tall tree. When you look down you just see a bunch of smiling faces, but when you look up…”
“There’s something intensely magical about working with people from around. When I’m part of a global team I am filled with an overwhelming sense of being connected to every other human being on the planet. In those moments I feel certain that we will courageously overcome any threat to our global community by working together for our mutual benefit.”
Her other entries
Leading One-on-One
Leading Teams – Not for Bossy People
Leading Orgs – Only Octopi Need Apply
Other top postings
A Theory of Everything for Software Development Being bold and trying to paint the big picture about software development.
How to be perceived as an effective project manager Great stuff from Raven… she changed her website address, so pay attention.
Is Your Product Development Half-Actions?
We Are All Just Temporary Stewards
Networking, Brokerage and Business Analysts
Project Management Excuse List Part II
Leadership: Do You Believe That Your People Can Learn?
People, not technology: new research
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4 Comments
Thanks for the call out, I appreciate it. I also subscribed to your recommendations.
All my best,
Andy
Thanks… but you only have yourself to thank… it is good stuff
Hey Bas! I LOVE Kimberly’s “Scrappy Project Management Series”. I’ve been following it and “Manage Cows, but LEAD People” is one of my favorites! ZGood stuff for sure!
Also, thanks for the shout out and mentioning that my site has moved to (shameless plug) http://www.RavensBrain.com.
Love your top PM posting series!
Yeah, she is great isn’t she? Every time I see this video from her ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnRTnl-J3m8 ) it just kills me… dropping the PMBOk WOEEHA!
Yeah, yeah, just keep on plugging… I can imagine you love the series… you’re almost in it every time
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