12 October 2022
You Are Your Most Important Project
Being a project manager requires a significant spectrum of skills and abilities. Doing it well means mastering a range of perspectives. We need to be able to confidently guide, structure, lead and support as we manage complex challenges and navigate uncertainty.
For most of us, however, that means focusing on the projects of others. Project managers are the stewards of the dreams and ambitions of those we serve. We respond to their visions and work out the strategies to bring them to fruition. I have long characterized myself in my role as a facilitator of other people’s content; I bring the capacity, skill and knowledge required to create the requisite structure and deliver desired results.
What this also means is that we are comparatively less focused and attentive to our own personal projects. That is unfortunate and potentially limiting. It may be something you may want to reconsider thinking about going forward.
