‘Successful project managers see their primary role as leading the project from living order to geometric order.’
‘The objective of the manager should be to become a practitioner by learning from practice and not by learning about practice.’
‘In a dynamic environment, formulation of objectives must be bound up with action in an interactive and continous process.’
‘To be successful in practicing responsive agility, a project manager must operate within an organizational culture that acknowledges the unavoidability of unexpected events.’
‘Managers who maintain a stationary position may be forced to make complex judgments with incomplete or misleading information.’
‘In order to prevent a major disruption, the project manager must be willing to initiate a change rather than simply respond to events.’
‘Managers in successful projects feel a total personal accountability for results.’
‘Taking initiative while consistently challenging the status quo is one of the key ingredients in developing leadership competence.’
‘Step away from your work for a moment to better understand it, learn from it, and then share what you learned with others.’
‘A world dominated by living order requires moving from a one-size-fits-all paradigm to tailoring the decisions to the context of the specific situation.‘
‘Successful project managers have a hedgehog’s focus on results and fox’s resourcefulness when challenging the status quo is necessary.’
Source
Alexander Laufer, Terry Little, Jeffrey Russell, and Bruce Maas (2018). Becoming a Project Leader: Blending Planning, Agility, Resilience, and Collaboration to Deliver Successful Projects
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