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7 Deadly Sins
Lonnie Pacelli is an Accenture/Microsoft veteran with four decades of learnings under his belt. He frequently writes and speaks on leadership, project management, work/life balance, and disability inclusion. Reach him at [email protected] and see more at ProjectManagementAdvisor.com.
Knowing the mechanics of managing a project or team is secondary to the character attributes that project leaders display in their daily action. Here are the seven deadly sins of management, and how to avoid them. Can you relate to any of these?
Pride. Envy. Gluttony. Lust. Anger. Greed. Sloth. You either recognize these as the seven deadly sins or as themes for prime-time television. Nonetheless, you were probably taught as a child that these are bad and you shouldn’t do them. Do as you were taught and work to avoid these seven management sins on your project.
Sin #1 - Arrogance
Ever known a manager that consistently claimed to know more than the rest of the team? How about one that was unwilling to listen to opposing views? Isn’t this just a sign of confidence? What’s wrong with that?
Confidence as a manager is crucial, as people will look to you, particularly when things get tough. When it runs amok and turns to arrogance, the manager disrespects the team. Show respect and have confidence and you’ll do fine. Subtract out respect and you’re just arrogant.
Sin #2 – Indecisiveness
So you have a meeting on Monday and the management agrees on a course of action. On Tuesday, the manager decides to take a completely different course of action. Thursday, the manager goes back to Monday’s course of action. The following Monday you’re back re-hashing through the same …
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