I'm just returning from PMI's EMEA congress in Barcelona (well done by the way PMI on yet another excellent congress event!) At the congress someone mentioned to me they had found Chapter 11 ("Advanced Basics") particularly useful for their PMO - the chapter's advice on early-stage business casing and also the recommendations to use tailored QA reviews at all stage-gates.
I presented on Servant Leadership (Chapter 13 in the book) at the congress and had a great question from one of the audience members: "Surely servant leadership can't work when you are brought in to sort out a crashed project and a dysfunctional team?" (or something similar.) The answer was, that although servant leadership doesn't solve such situations, it certainly reduces the risks and improves the outcomes beyond those of a non-servant leadership approach. In my experience, when you have to lay someone off, that conversation always goes better when a servant leadership hat is being worn. Saving Changes...
Tolitha LewisSr. Project Manager| Eli Lilly & CompanyFishers, In, United States
New Question for everyone! It's almost time for our live Q&A webinar on the 25th of May. What questions would you like to pose to the author?
Tolitha (PMI Book Club Host) Saving Changes...
Bill BrantleyPresident| BAS2ALouisville, KY, United States
Two questions:
1) On pages 241 and 242, you list the key learnings on strong humble servants. You attribute the learnings to metacognition and mindfulness. How does this list differ from the common characteristics of emotional intelligence?
2) Does the CORA Triangle apply to agile project management? Would an agile project management CORA Triangle differ from your conception of the CORA Triangle? Saving Changes...
Tolitha LewisSr. Project Manager| Eli Lilly & CompanyFishers, In, United States
New Question for everyone! It's almost time for our live Q&A webinar on the 25th of May. What questions would you like to pose to the author?
Tolitha (PMI Book Club Host) Saving Changes...
"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons."
