Project Management

Please login or join to subscribe to this thread

From Profession to Personal, Are Our Home Lives Impacted?

linkedin twitter facebook   Career Development   Ethics   Risk Management  
avatar
Brenden Murphy Marketing Intern| New Jersey Tech Council Franklin Park, Nj, United States
This is for more experienced PM's,

I have not yet entered the field, so I am looking for guidance. I want to make sure I have a balanced profession-to-personal ratio. Do you find that there are certain PM skills that don't necessarily help with "family situations"? Perhaps you tend to micromanage or have strict risk management with your children's lifestyle. Do you see how the PM skills have benefited your home life? I can even see potential for the reversal as well. Maybe you are at work one day and are dealing with a younger client, the same age as your child at home (20's). How does the relationship with your child at home influence how you deal with this client. Is there anything to be said about this?

I appreciate any replies
Sort By:
< 1 2 >
avatar
Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Working smart and working hard are not the same thing. Think about the story you want your resume to tell.

Re remote, well, that depends :)
avatar
saurabh mahajan PMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafone Pune, Maharashtra, India
What I can suggest is to never overlap both worlds (personal and professional) because some or the other day you will not be able to detach from professional world.

It happened to me. I was thinking work all the time even when with my family. The only solution was to differentiate tackling of problems of two different world differently. Never apply (or at least try to apply) same principles for both. It was initially difficult but slowly I got hold of things.

The first thing I started was to say NO to meetings those were overlapping with my family time. Similarly I started to plan work time and home time. Started to be more as a listener when with family rather than being as a manager in office where I dictated the terms. Be little silly at home and serious in office.

Hope my 2 cents are helpful to you.
avatar
Brenden Murphy Marketing Intern| New Jersey Tech Council Franklin Park, Nj, United States
Dec 05, 2016 9:56 PM
Replying to Denise Canty
...
Very simple, family is always first.
I feel the same way! I just find some situations I will be with my girlfriend and I may start to micro-manage. I am conscious of it, yet I still do it. I am hoping that my awareness is a process of change and I can be a great leader with this kind of thinking. It's just sometimes a worry to myself of how it will all play out.
avatar
Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Every "project" in your life and work should be tailored during the planning stage. You probably will do quantitative risk analysis for a 2-year project, but not when planning a wedding.

Always scale your project management to the project.
< 1 2 >

Please login or join to reply

Content ID:
ADVERTISEMENTS

Wow! They've got the internet on computers now!

- Homer Simpson

ADVERTISEMENT

Sponsors







Vendor Events

See all Vendor Events

Newsletters

Jun 3: The Career Problem Facing New PMs
May 20: Your PM Career as a Project Life Cycle
May 13: The Big Lie After Layoffs

See all newsletters