The End Of The Human Cannonball: Project Leadership In Today’s World
05. Oct, 2009 
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In the remaining months of this year I have some exciting speaking engagements coming up (stay tuned for updates).
Here is the slidedeck for one of them: The End Of The Human Cannonball: Project Leadership In Today’s World.
“Sometimes you end up doing everything in your project yourself. You become the center of control. But sometimes changes happen so fast, it’s hard to keep up and in control. It seems lately “sometimes” is more often then we would like.
One of the approaches to deal with the new world we do projects in is to let the team self-organize. But how do you get your team to do this? How do you know this is actually going to work?
Bas de Baar argues that now is the time to put more leadership into your Project Management. You have a clear role in this new world. But it requires strong communication skills, dedicated personal development and for some, old habits to brake.
In this presentation he will present the alignment of goals and approaches between organization, project and individuals as the central task of a Project Leader.”
Interesting deck of slides. It is hard for some people to comprehend and then practice the difference between being the bottleneck and leading by nurturing conditions, aligning communication, sharing the wheel. Education through discussion, trying different approaches and watching other people do it well can help to change that over time. Have a great conference.
Thanks Milton. I agree. It’s hard and it’s simple. The concept is easy. Breaking old habits and habits considered “normal” are hard to break.