Secret Sauce Ingredients: Judgement, Experience and Confidence
The website dictionary.com defines judgement as “the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action”. I believe one of the most important attributes of a good PM is the ability to apply sound judgement at key times. (In fact, this is probably true of good managers in general.) Projects require thousands of decisions, small and large, over their life cycle. All participants are required to make them and...
Read MoreThe Street-Fighter Element of Leadership
I had an interesting conversation with a good friend yesterday on the US political situation. We are both fans of Obama (though this doesn’t suggest my political ties are necessarily to the right or left) and we had high hopes for him to make a big, positive difference in the world. However, my friend is very disillusioned at this point based on Obama’s performance as a negotiator during the recent debt talks. While we both agree he got taken to the cleaners by the Republicans,...
Read MoreThe Opposable Mind
The Opposable Mind was written by Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at York University. The book’s premise is that small minority of business leaders think in a very unique manner compared to their peers and this manner of thinking is what Martin coins Integrative Thinking. These leaders, when confronted with a problem, are unlikely to settle for a solution that requires trade-offs when compared to the other available solutions. He likens this approach to choosing...
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