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The Elephant In the Room
It is said the only thing constant is change, but it could also be said that change is constantly avoided, denied and feared. Like it or not, when it comes to change, project managers are usually right in the middle of it. Here is a three-step approach to help you lead in tumultuous times.
In the age of AIG bonuses, mass layoffs and automakers rattling tin cups before Congress, today’s top brass is looking a bit, well, tarnished. But that doesn’t mean management is obsolete.
Whether your office is in the C-suite or off the shop floor, management will always have an enormous impact on change. The central question: Will it be managed or it will manage you?
Jonathan Gilbert, PMP, director of client solutions at ESI International, has more than 30 years of experience as entrepreneur, educator, chief executive officer, construction manager, management consultant, project manager and engineer. Gilbert describes the changes roiling every industry as a result of the recession as the “elephant in the room.”
“It’s unbelievable what’s occurring right now,” he says. “And project managers are right in the middle of it. Peoples’ roles are shifting enormously.”
He shares his top three leadership activities for a successful change:
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