Hope is NOT a Plan

Hope is NOT a Plan


How these Nine Noble Viking Virtues Can Make You a Better Project Manager | From the Archives

June 23, 2024

Sharing how Incident Management Team Members and Project Managers can apply the nine Viking virtues of Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, and Perseverance to fieldwork and in the board room.


Project Manager application:

  • Courage -> Speaking up for the end user
  • Truth -> Reporting objective project status
  • Honor -> Taking ownership of team mistake
  • Fidelity -> Loyalty to the team's work
  • Discipline -> Working a combined process
  • Hospitality -> Welcome team member feedback
  • Industriousness -> Innovating and iterating your style
  • Self-Reliance -> Ability to work autonomously
  • Perseverance -> Pushing through the dog days of the project


Stay safe, lead like a Viking and Godspeed,


Kevin


Kevin Pannell, PMP, CSM, Prosci | Host of the Hope is NOT a Plan podcast and YouTube channel | X & IG: @hopesnotaplan | https://hopesnotaplan.org


*Originally recorded and released in May 2020*