Projectified Folgen

Organizations always look for ways to innovate and improve, but continuous evolution without preparation and strategy can lead to change fatigue and burnout. We discuss this with: Rose James, PMI-ACP, PMP, program leader, Edward Jones, Houston: James discusses the typical signs of burnout, why project teams might feel fatigued by seemingly constant organizational change, strategies project leaders can follow to lead their teams through change effectively, and how leaders can help team members recover from burnout or change fatigue.Mary Tresa Gabriel, PMP, project manager, Dell through SP Software Limited, Bengaluru: Gabriel discusses common causes of change fatigue and burnout and their effects on team members, how she led a team through several client-side changes on a project, the importance of creating a safe space for team members to discuss burnout and change fatigue as well as how project managers and companies can support team members who are feeling burned out. Key themes[02:00] Typical symptoms of burnout[05:08] Why teams might feel burned out by change[07:12] Leading teams through change with clarity and empathy[10:22] Helping project teams recover from change fatigue and burnout[14:59] Project leaders: Keep an eye out for your own burnout[17:05] What causes burnout and change fatigue—and how they affect teams[20:23] Managing a project through continuous client-side changes[22:23] Creating a safe space to discuss burnout and change fatigue[24:10] Building resilience into project teams[25:40] Ways project leaders and organizations can support burned-out teams

Project professionals are boosting their personal branding—through blogs, speaking engagements and strong social media presences—not only to help them stand out as forward-thinking leaders but also to share their knowledge and give back to the project management community. In a joint discussion, guests discuss how they decided where to focus their personal branding efforts and their top tips for other project professionals looking to elevate their personal brand, plus how strong personal branding helped them gain greater visibility inside and outside their organizations and brought on more career opportunities.Our guests include Fahad Ahmed, PMP, head of IT, Jubilee General Insurance, Karachi, Pakistan, and Yasmina Khelifi, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP, senior project manager, Orange, Paris.Key themes[02:04] Sharing expertise, lessons learned and ways to upskill to kickstart personal branding efforts[04:26] Top tips for using LinkedIn to boost your personal brand[08:40] Determining your area of expertise in personal branding[12:46] Ways to stay up to date on project management trends[16:28] The benefits of strong personal branding? Greater recognition and more career opportunities[19:02] How certifications benefit project professionals’ personal brand[20:37] Take your personal branding to the next level with a focused goal and show your strengths

Introducing new ways of working to teams can be challenging, but they can also bring new insights and solutions that help teams deliver successful projects. We discuss this with: Alexandre Mariano Vieira, AHPP, PMI-ACP, PMP, project manager, SSA México, México City: Mariano Vieira discusses how he evaluates whether a new way of working would be a good fit for his teams or projects, how he introduced agile techniques to create a hybrid approach and how this new way of working improved project delivery timelines. Jessica Montgomery, AHPP, PMP, project manager, CACI, San Antonio, Texas, USA: Montgomery discusses challenges project managers might face when introducing a new way of working when a project is already underway, plus she shares an example of how she built buy-in for agile techniques at a government organization that strictly used a predictive (waterfall) approach for projects.Key themes[02:16] Ways to evaluate whether a new way of working is right for a team or project[03:21] Developing a hybrid approach for pharma projects[05:20] How to garner support and trust from hesitant team members[11:47] Ways to measure if a new way of working is successful[14:18] Challenges to introducing new ways of working mid-project[16:06] Building buy-in for agile techniques at an org that favors predictive approaches[19:08] Utilizing emotional intelligence when introducing new ways of working