saurabh mahajanPMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafonePune, Maharashtra, India
This question came to my mind because after all the hard work done, single escalation or bad feedback from client can ruin your respect and relations earned over a long time. And this hits very hard on your motivation to keep moving or to take up new responsibilities.
This also impacts your decision making capabilities.
So would like to know your experience and ways of coping with it.
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José FélixProject Manager| SAECON ProyectosToluca, Mexico, Mexico
To have bad results on a project is not an easy situation right?, especially when you've spent so much time and effort, but the only really true is that we are human beings and we tend to make mistakes and tend to feel guilty when a situation gets out of control.
Not always is easy to find the necessary motivation to face new projects and may be you may feel uncomfortable to take new decisions. The reality is that it should not, we had a situation that got out of control .. . so what?. We were wrong ... so what ?. In the future we may have a new situation that will out of our control ... so what?.
We are human beings. Do everything that is in your hands and so far with your skills, enjoy what you do. Saving Changes...
Saurabh, projects are always standing on the foundation of uncertainty and there is no formula to always land your project in success. As a PM you try your level best to suceed but even if you fail, you learn valuable lessons which should not demotivate you but give you energy and confidence to explore further unchartered territory. So demotivation in a big NO. That is not how PM works. Saving Changes...
Eric LamySenior Project Manager| Keurig Green MountainNewbury, Ma, United States
Poor project results or even a failed project can be tough on morale, but I think the best way to get beyond the short-term morale hit is to employ a well-structured post-mortem. If you can use that session to identify the root cause issues on the project, you've better equipped yourself for the next project, and hopefully inspired confidence in your team that everyone involved is better off for the future as a result. Saving Changes...
fosco frongiaSenior project manager| ENTE PATRIMONIALE CHIESA GESU' CRISTO SUGFino Mornasco, Como, Italy
we are unperfect beings and we cannot pretend the perfection in all our action and works. I think the secret is to convert the failure in an opportunity to increase our experience and knowledge analyzing the facts and "learning" the lesson learned. this is one of the manner to improve not only like professional but like person too. moreover this actituide can be more effective if our behaviour was focused in good faith and honest approach Saving Changes...
I fully agree with Eric and Fosco. We need to post-mortem of failed project and extract lessons for future projects. Converting failures to opportunities is exactly this very idea. We can not give way to depression or low morale. With every failure we must rise with renewed energy. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
If something from your stakeholder is not what you expect then you fail in your stakeholder management strategy. This is not good or bad. If something you have to learn for the future. Take an example for the tennis player: she/he fail a lot of times and still continue to play tennis. Perhaps that is the reason because playing tennis is not for everybody.... Saving Changes...
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