Post on 02-Jun-2020
Project Management Institute-Leadership Institute Meeting
2018
Holly Stewart
October, 2018
Strategic thinking
Customer centricity
Organizational agility
How are things changing? Leading to a PMI 2.0, focus is on….
• How people connect
• Careers-interactions
• The Value Delivery Landscape• Hybrid approaches
• Benefit realization (achieving outcomes)
• Customer centricity is key
• Be ready to rethink fundamentals
• Embracing technology and new ways of thinking
Transformation is a journey…not a destination
My Lessons
1. Give your message meaning through stories
•Only 5% of people remember stats without a story
•65% of people remember stories that they are told
• Stories are 22 times more memorable than facts alone
Stories need to be…
• Memorable
• Impactful
• Personal
Every great story has a…
• Hero
• Goal
• Obstacles
• Change
2. Inspire creativity though cross pollination
• Give people space to be creative
• Improves productivity by 32%
• Know when to break away from the formula & innovate
• Keep people outside of their comfort zone to avoid complacency
• Go on field trips
Game time!
“ The problems we face today cannot be solved by the same
level of thinking we were at when we created them”
Albert Einstein
3. Do not get emotionally hijacked
• Take responsibility for your impact, results, and reputation as a leader
• 5:1 positive interaction ratio
Signs of emotional hijacking:
• Certainty increases
• Justification for actions becomes present
• Task focused
• Urgent need to action
Engage rather than hijack
“Skillful pilots gain their reputation for storms and
tempests”Epictetus
What does the gorilla video tell us?
4. Look at the entire picture
5. Memorable Leaders
Exercise
6. EVERYONE is a volunteer
Team building activity to take away
In a world where…
We will…
To…
What is your story?