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Stress: Good or Bad?
Categories:
self-care,
mental health awareness,
health,
self-awareness,
Suicide prevention,
self-love,
self-leadership,
improvement,
team,
stress,
performance,
help
Categories: self-care, mental health awareness, health, self-awareness, Suicide prevention, self-love, self-leadership, improvement, team, stress, performance, help
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Project management is known as a very stressful job. The success or failure of a project and, inevitably, the happiness of the customer and all stakeholders involved a ride on the shoulders of the project manager. This can be a massive burden to bare. The project manager is accountable for the project's outcome, and many project managers are not comfortable reaching out when they feel that the stress may be too much for them to handle. High-stress levels can harm your health, behavior, attitude, success, and family (Teak, 2015). Of course, not all stress is bad, but if managing a project begins to hurt a project manager's job, health, and life, there is help. Along For the Ride Some may not remember Ziggy, a cartoon character that peeked over the fence and had a long nose. His nose was hanging over the wall, and this image became a popular car sticker. Everywhere you drove, Ziggy was riding along. People could go all night and work extremely hard to get somewhere; there’s Ziggy. He had ridden along and gotten there too. If you clean the car, Ziggy gets an excellent clean vehicle. It did not matter what you did; Ziggy rode along. He gained the same fun and the same fame. He was there just hanging out, peeking over the fence, literally along for the ride. Have you ever known an employee or teammate that seemed to be along for the ride? Can you get this person motivated? You and your team worked hard for your successes while some ride along, and they achieve the win when they have done very little. Project management is a difficult job, and many projects fail. The successful performance of the team is necessary. The project manager's job is to get everyone on the team on board, moving in the same direction, and motivated toward successfully completing the project goal. The following are ten recommendations for getting team members like Ziggy motivated. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” "What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before" - Idris Elba |