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Fear Factor
What separates the best project managers from the rest? It's not necessarily superior work ethic or technical skills. In fact, more often it is the courage to embrace uncertainty.
Project management is a profession built on risk and unknowns. A project manager is called in to address a specific business problem or opportunity that has yet to be tackled. If there were no unknowns, the issue would have already been "operationalized" into someone's department and there would be no need for your services.
One of the reasons that the project manager role exists is that many executives and managers fear the unknown. It’s easier to assign a unique business problem to a specialist than to take time and attention away from one’s standing operational commitments. For these people, personally managing a project can be dangerous. The primary risk is that they may fail to address the unique issue and won’t come through with the new product or process on time, within budget and to the satisfaction of their superiors or customers. The secondary risk is that ongoing operations may suffer if they take their eyes off their regular job and divert staff and already-committed budget dollars to a new project.
Still, the entry of a project manager into people’s lives can be cause for anxiety. Negative possibilities can come to mind when a project manager…
Still, the entry of a project manager into people’s lives can be cause for anxiety. Negative possibilities can come to mind when a project manager…
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