- Thomas Schleiken, proprietor of Profil, a management and organizational consulting agency, addresses some key pitfalls and snares in
the field of project management using the term "seasoned incompetence". The differences between line management and project management
explain his view of the "paradoxical stance" which a project manager needs to adopt in order to foster success. In this connection,
entirely in accordance with the post heroic spirit this involves the recognition of conflicts. This means: halting in the face of
reality and proceeding hand in hand with rather than leapfrogging reality. In his view, it is here that the only opportunity for
leadership and true innovation in project management lies.
- As a manager, how do I forge a team from a group of people? This enigma confronts both new managers in their departments and
project managers who are repeatedly supposed to build winning teams. It is helpful if such managers are familiar with some group
dynamic insights and, for example, subsequently ensure that the so called storming phase does not last indefinitely.
- In this regard, energetic but nevertheless humane management concepts have been loaned from Marshall Rosenberg and Paul Watzlawick.
The former pleads that managers should enumerate their own needs in order to escape the shackles of their indigence.
The latter is cognizant of the "impossibility of successful communication". Both these factors can render assistance to managers -
to negotiate dead ends, for example, or whenever they have their backs to the wall.
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