The Human Factor in Project Management Leading Project Teams to Breakthrough Success © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” ~ Dale Carnegie © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

What we’ll cover tonight. * The 3 BIGGEST mistakes most every PM makes © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

What we’ll cover tonight. * The 3 BIGGEST mistakes most every PM makes * The single biggest reason for CONFLICT © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

What we’ll cover tonight. * The 3 BIGGEST mistakes most every PM makes * The single biggest reason for CONFLICT * The FIRST thing you must do with every project team if you want to be successful © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Why do so many projects fail? © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The most common reason that projects fail, is that your teams’ needs aren’t being met. © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Is this what your project teams look like? © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Or is this what your project teams look like? © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

“I love working on projects, it’s the people I can do without.” ~ Actual Quote from a Project Manager © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 3 Biggest Mistakes PM's Make… © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 3 Biggest Mistakes PM's Make… 1. They make the PROJECT more important than the PEOPLE. © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 3 Biggest Mistakes PM's Make… 2. Ignoring the “people problems” hoping that they’ll go away. © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 3 Biggest Mistakes PM's Make… 3. Feeling you have to “know it all” and not asking for help. © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

How can we form more effective teams right from the start? © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

To become an extraordinary leader, you must develop an extraordinary psychology © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

You must understand the driving force in the other person’s life. And it helps to first understand your own… © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Human Needs Psychology © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 6 Basic Human Needs Certainty © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Uncertainty or Variety The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Significance The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Significance is the single biggest contributor to conflict on your teams! The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Love or Connection The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting The FIRST thing you must do with every project team to be successful, is to create connection!

The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting Those first 4 needs are the needs of the personality – survival needs.

Growth The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Contribution The 6 Basic Human Needs © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

Think about your top 2 needs. Those are your driving needs. © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

People will step all over their values in order to meet their needs! © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

We’ve covered a LOT of material tonight. “I know this stuff.” © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

REVIEW We all have the same 6 basic human needs Creating connection is the quickest way to guarantee long-term success of any project team You must develop an extraordinary psychology © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

As leaders, you need to know: How well are team members’ needs being met? How can we find new ways to meet them without compromising the goals of the project? © Copyright 2012 Cutting Edge Coaching & Consulting

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