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“Don’t Become Dispensable…Become an Indispensable Project Manager”
Speaker: Eddie Merla, PMI-ACP, PMP Company: Duende Project Management Services Welcome to the PMI Houston Conference & Expo and Annual Job Fair
2014
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An Indispensable Person
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Session Topics • The Indispensable Project Manager • The Cycle of Growth • The Seven Abilities of an Indispensable Project
Manager
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The Indispensable Project Manager
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“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason,
mastery demands all of a person.”
Albert Einstein
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7 Abilities of a Linchpin: - Seth Godin 1. “Provide a unique interface between members of
the organization.” 2. “Deliver unique creativity.” 3. “Manage a situation or organization of great
complexity.” 4. “Lead customers.” 5. “Inspire staff.” 6. “Provide deep domain knowledge.” 7. “Possess a unique talent.”
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The Indispensable Project Manager • Masters skills of the trade • Challenges the conventional • Begins at the center • Understands the “essence” • Perpetually learns and teaches • Creates unique value • Finds “Voice”
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The Cycle of Growth
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Cycle of Growth
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Cycle of Growth Novice Unconsciously
Incompetent Student Consciously
Incompetent Practitioner Consciously
Competent Expert Unconsciously
Competent Master Unconsciously
Creative
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7 Abilities of an Indispensable Project Manager 1. Provide a Unique Interface 2. Deliver Unique Creativity 3. Manage Complexity 4. Lead Customers 5. Inspire Staff 6. Provide Domain Knowledge 7. Becoming Expert
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# 1 Provide a Unique Interface
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“A linchpin helps lead, and he connects people in the organization, actively and with finesse.” - Seth Godin
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Application “Doer Language” “Leader Language”
Developing Vision Narrow – task based Encompassing, empowering
Communicating Vision
Focuses more on “How To” Focuses on the benefits, “what’s in it for us?”
Stakeholder Management
Task oriented, limited to the project life cycle
Relationship oriented, extends beyond the project life cycle
Conflict Management
“Win-Lose” “Win-Win-Plus”
Decision Making Short Term, limited to the project life cycle
Long Term, extends beyond the project life cycle
Leadership Task focused People focused
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Application “Doer Language” “Leader Language”
Power/Influence Limited Effective, extends beyond the project
Facilitation Task based Vision based
Planning Tactical Strategic
Managing uncertainty
Limited Effective
Negotiating “Lose-Lose” “Win-Win-Plus”
Coaching Reactive, task based Proactive, relationship based
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Ideas for “Leader to Leader” From David Marquet
• Use “I intend to” • Use short early conversations • Resist the urge to provide solutions • Eliminate top-down monitoring systems • Think out loud • Specify goals not methods • Embrace the inspectors
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Questions to Consider From David Marquet
• Do you have to be the smartest person in your organization?
• Are you asking questions to make sure you know or to make sure they know? (trust)
• Do people take action to protect themselves or to make the outcome better?
• Do your procedures reinforce the Leader-Follower model?
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Habits for “Provide a Unique Interface”
• Communicate intention • Evaluate your monitoring systems • Consider a shift in your language • Perform continuous self-evaluation • Habits from “the room”
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#2 Deliver Unique Creativity
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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” - Herman Melville
“Making the simple complicated is
commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” - Charles Mingu
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The Harvard Business Review article, “The Innovator’s DNA,” the authors identify five discovery skills common to “true” innovators:
• Questioning allows innovators to break out of the status quo and consider new possibilities.
• Through observing, innovators detect details that suggest new ways of doing things,
• In experimenting, they relentlessly try on new experiences and explore the world.
• And through networking with individuals from diverse backgrounds, they gain radically different perspectives.
• The four patterns of action together help innovators associate to cultivate new insights.
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Phases of the creative process (Graham Wallas): 1.Preparation 2. Incubation 3. Inspiration 4.Evaluation (or confirmation) 5.Elaboration (Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi)
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Csikszentmihalyi’s list (partial): • Continually increase the level of challenge • Do more of what you love, less of what you hate • Try to be surprised by something every day • Try to surprise at least one person every day • When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it • Develop what you lack and want • Find a way to express what moves you • Make time for reflection and relaxation
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Barriers Pierce J. Howard list (partial): • A critical nature • Poor diet • Poor health • Fear • Poor team environment • Left-brain dominance • Pessimism • Time pressure • External rewards
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Habits for “Deliver Unique Creativity”
• Do more of what you love • Ask questions to understand why • Listen • Observe with intent • Habits from “the room”
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# 3 Manage Complexity
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“When the situation gets too complex, it’s impossible to follow the manual because there is no manual.”
- Seth Godin
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“If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.” Dianna Booher
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Lessons From Steve Jobs
• Less is more • Simple is cool • Find inspiration in other products • Aiming for simple invokes innovation • “Real artists simplify”
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Techniques to Manage Complexity:
• Find the theme, core message or intention • Break down complexity • Strive for simple design • Use “chunking” • Use storytelling
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Habits for “Manage Complexity”
• Develop presentation skills • Search for the elevator pitch • Ask “why?” • Develop storytelling skills • Habits from “the room”
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# 4 Lead Customers
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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
- Bill Gates.
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Source: Josh Gordon Survey
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Key Questions: • How much influence or power does your
customer bring to the conversation? • What are the specific interests of your
customers? • What are the individual roles and
responsibilities of your customers?
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More Questions: • Are there any significant events occurring in
the organization which could affect the perspective of your customer?
• What are your common interests? • What are the demographics (age, income
level, education, occupations, gender, etc.) of your customer and how should you consider these in your conversations?
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Habits for “Lead Customers”
• Use your customer’s language • Seek active engagement with your customers • Seek to understand your customers’ challenges • “Be” the customer • Habits from “the room”
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# 5 Inspire Staff
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“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.”
- Stephen Covey
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“Why Not Self-Directed Teams?”
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Techniques for Inspiring Staff • Build an environment of trust • Encourage the leader-to-leader model • Recognize individual strengths and talents • Provide constant and relevant feedback • Proactively provide opportunities for growth • Encourage experimentation
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SMARTC Feedback
• Specific • Motivational • Analytical • Relevant • Thoughtful • Conclusive
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Habits for “Inspire Staff”
• Be the model (be authentic) • Have meaningful person-to-person
conversations • Use the “SMARTC” feedback method • Hold team (vs. project) retrospectives • Habits from “the room”
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# 6 Provide Domain Knowledge
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“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and an understanding of
many things.”
Vincent Van Gogh
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PMI® Domains of Knowledge: • Integration management • Scope management • Time management • Cost management • Quality management • Human resources management • Communications management • Risk management • Procurement management • Stakeholder management
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Habits for “Provide Domain Knowledge”
• Become the “go to” person • Network with others • Teach • Find a mentor, be a mentor • Habits from “the room”
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# 7 Become Expert (Developing Your Unique Talent)
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“When you meet someone, you need to have a superpower. If you don’t, you’re just another handshake. It’s not about touting yourself or coming on too strong. It’s about making the introduction meaningful. If I don’t know your superpower, then I don’t know how you can help me (or I can help you).”
- Seth Godin
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The Expert Within • Cerebral Cortex • 50%+ uncommitted • Available for
– Learning – Creativity – Problem solving – Goal Setting
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Covey’s 8th Habit • Stephen Covey’s “The 8th Habit” • Find your voice • Express your voice • Inspire others to find their voice • As PM, help others “self-actualize” • Align your voice to your work
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“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”
- Michelangelo
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Habits for “Become Expert” • Never stop learning • Invest in yourself • Discover (uncover) your unique talent • Develop an insatiable appetite for what you love • Habits from “the room”
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An IDEA worth sharing
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Closing Thoughts • The Indispensable Project Manager • Provide a Unique Interface • Deliver Unique Creativity • Manage Complexity • Lead Customers • Inspire Staff • Provide Domain Knowledge • Becoming Expert
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Contact Information • Speaker: Eddie Merla, PMI-ACP, PMP • Company: Duende Project Management Services • Website: www.duendepm.com • Phone: (713) 408-6751 • E-mail: [email protected]
Thank You
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Closing thoughts… Thank you for attending this session. We hope you found this presentation
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