Hope is NOT a Plan
How these Nine Noble Viking Virtues Can Make You a Better Project Manager | From the Archives
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*