Key takeaways
- Project management is undervalued because senior managers rarely see it done well; PMs have to sell the outcome (risk, reputation, results), not the process.
- Culture is the sum of everyone's attitudes, beliefs and behaviours, and every project creates a subculture that feeds the organisation's culture.
- Vibrant team cultures share a vision, an agreed set of behaviours, celebration of success and honest, accountable conversations.
- When morale is low, the PM owns fixing it: reset expectations, learn each person's working style and hold the first missed commitment to account.
- You cannot hire for culture fit until you have defined the culture; time spent on team building at the start is never wasted.
About this episode
In this reboot of Time Limit, we share the idea for our new format and jump right into an interview with award-winning international speaker, author, and consultant Colin D. Ellis.
Show Notes:
“Great leadership provides the foundation for successful project management.” It’s a quote from Colin D. Ellis’s first book, *The Conscious Leader: How to create a culture of success for your projects, your team and yourself*, that speaks volumes about how project managers are set up to succeed…or fail. It also speaks to the culture of an organization, a team, and the work individuals can do to contribute to and shape that culture. In this interview, TeamGantt’s director of education speaks with Colin about:
Colin D. Ellis’s website Colin’s newsletter (and four free project management resources) The Conscious Project Leader
Show Notes:
“Great leadership provides the foundation for successful project management.” It’s a quote from Colin D. Ellis’s first book, *The Conscious Leader: How to create a culture of success for your projects, your team and yourself*, that speaks volumes about how project managers are set up to succeed…or fail. It also speaks to the culture of an organization, a team, and the work individuals can do to contribute to and shape that culture. In this interview, TeamGantt’s director of education speaks with Colin about:
- How culture is formed
- How individuals can impact culture—in both positive and negative ways
- How to making hiring decisions when “cultural fit” is part of your criteria
- How to work on culture when you’ve got limited time to focus on it
Colin D. Ellis’s website Colin’s newsletter (and four free project management resources) The Conscious Project Leader