ELEVEN REASONS WHY YOU MUST BECOME A GOOD PROJECT LEADER
1. Organizations that are
willing to allow hastily planned, poorly lead projects eventually weaken
themselves and endanger employees by wasting precious resources
2. Organizations that are
flattening (re-engineering, downsizing, rightsizing, etc) will depend on
projects and project leaders to get work done that was once handled by
departments.
3. With rare exceptions,
project prime movers believe that project meltdowns are the result of weak
project leadership.
4. More than one lumpy
project leadership performance can give you a reputation that will repel future
project participants.
5. Project work is often
disguised by the use of the word Team; if you find yourself on or leading
teams, you're probably working together to complete a project.
6. The abilities that are
required to organize and carry out successful projects will enhance other
aspects of your job.
7. Leading successful
projects is the best way to prove your promotability to the people who make
those decisions.
8. The best way to promote
effective project leadership is to set examples that are so powerful and
positive that others wouldn't dare do less.
9. As Project leaders learn
more, they get better faster.
10.
If you're not getting better, you're getting worse as you get
older
11.
The younger people are smarter;faster learners and need your job
slot to advance their blocked careers