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Stop Managing and Start Leading: The Socially Intelligent Leader
This is a pending publication, to be first published as part of 2013 PMI Global Congress Proceedings – Istanbul Turkey (April, 2013) Stop Managing and StartLeading: The Socially Intelligent Leader
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Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
A presentation on Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers. Delivered in September 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon, sponsored by PMI Lebanon Chapter. Thanks to the PMI Lebanon Chapter for their continued...
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What to read
What to read? A friend of mine told me, a long time ago, about an advice he got from his father: “If you see a paper on the road, pick it up and read it”. I was quite impressed with this advice and...
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Leadership Intelligence
Going over the plethora of books and articles on leadership, one can’t but notice the repetition of certain leadership traits that most authors concur, such as being authentic, trustworthy, visionary,...
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Strategic Intuition
Sun Tzu, the author of ‘Art of War’ wrote in his book “Strategy without tactics is the longest way to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat”. What a beautiful description of...
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Attract your luck
Attract your luck On a flight from Melbourne to Sydney a young man sat next to me. As soon as he settled in, he pulled up a few raffle coupons that he got from the airport. Some marketers were...
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Stop managing and start leading
A presentation on Socially Intelligent leaders. Delivered on 24 April, 2013 in Istanbul, as part of the PMI Global Congress EMEA 2013. The white paper for the same subject is found in the...
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Creative Conflict
Jack and Daniel are two brilliant IT programmers admired by everyone for their wit and professionalism at work. Although they were working in two separate sections, they used to have lengthy,...
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The Triple Bottom Line: People, People, People
In the recent Strathclyde Dialogues* in Abu Dhabi, I presented the view that the triple bottom line of organisational success is People, People, People, in contrast to the generally used triple bottom...
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The Silent Treatment
In a chat few years back, my manager, Peter, told me about a commercial negotiation he won just by being silent. Peter and his negotiating team were on a conference call with the other party...
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Communicate as a child
“We don’t tell you what you like to hear, we tell you what you need to know.” This was the tagline in a radio promotion for an Accounting & Taxation Services company, sometime ago. Its simplicity...
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Oblivious Self Awareness
A participant in one of my project management training courses said something that was an eye-opener for me. The training course was a preparation course for the Project Management Professional (PMP)...
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To Trust or Not Trust – That’s Leadership
In my early days of ‘professional’ project management of IT solutions, I was running a data migration project when I was also assigned to a new Business Group to lead a team supporting an existing...
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Are you happy?
One fine morning, and instead of the usual greetings of ‘hi, good morning, how are you’, my friend Deena surprised me by asking straight away: ‘Are you happy today?’ I smiled and started thinking...
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Cost-Benefit Paralysis
This is an article I wrote about portfolio prioritisation. Published in PM Network Magazine in November 2014 Cost-Benefit Paralysis Prioritising projects is straightforward when it comes down to...
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Stop. Revive. Survive.
When you drive around countryside New South Wales, Australia, you will undoubtedly notice the many billboard signs with a ‘Stop. Revive. Survive.’ message. These signs urge drivers to take a break...
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Civility Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Strategic Intelligence, Leadership Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence. These are some of the skills and behaviours of effective leaders, as promoted by...
View ArticleStop Managing Start Leading: The Engaging Leader
You can’t but wonder why there is a high rate of failed projects despite the many frameworks, disciplines, methodologies, trainings and continually improving processes. It is certainly time to look...
View ArticleReplenish your smarts – unlearn and relearn
In a rapidly changing world, experience become a curse while inexperience can be a blessing. You need to unlearn and relearn new things to stay ahead - you need to replenish your smarts.
View ArticleIntelligent Disobedience
The (true) story goes, a young nurse, fresh out of nursing school, was assigned to a hospital emergency room. A cardiac patient was rushed in. After a quick assessment, the experienced emergency room...
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