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Permission to Stumble
Paul Glen
(January 14, 2010)
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One of the great impediments to the development of new project managers is the need to succeed above all else. A little success early on is nice, but sometimes it creates bad habits. A little failure often teaches more valuable, enduring lessons.
Nothing succeeds like success — except in project management where nothing succeeds like failure.
Managing a project is very difficult, especially the first time you try it. The first-time project manager’s days and nights can be filled with stress, worry and fear. Some are overwhelmed by their newfound power or weighed down by the responsibility. But for most project managers, the overriding concern is to avoid both personal and project failure.
This fear of failure is often instilled or reinforced by the project manager’s supervisor from the outset, when the assignment is initiated with comments like “This is your big chance to shine” or “Don’t make me look bad.”
For the project manager, fear is not only counterproductive but also misplaced.
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