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Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Trusted (Project) Leader
Are you a project manager? or project leader? or both? I don't mean to play word games. I usually hear the senior person on a project refer to him or herself as PM. Barbara Fitzgerald commented on the ZweigWhite posting, "(Calling a project manager 'PM') is what allows others in the organization to turn the Project Manager into a blank projection screen." Harsh? Maybe, but project managers as Rodney Dangerfield says, "...just don't get no respect." Our conversation this week with Rob Galford suggests why that is the case. Rob is the co-author with Anne Seibold Drapeau of the book The Trusted Leader. [book summary by QuickMBA] This past Thursday I interviewed Rob on the Project Leaders' Studio™ monthly call with project authors. Rob and Anne wrote the book in the context of the leaders of companies. After meeting Rob and reading and re-reading his book I saw opportunities for people leading temporary organizations...projects. Rob and Anne have done a good job presenting models for assessing and developing your trustworthiness and for building trust in your project organization. I've been writing about trust, trusting, trust-worthiness, and restoring trust for quite some time. This interview with Rob is just another stop along the way. Back in October '03 I introduced The Trust Test along with Rob's and Anne's equation for assessing trust. In December '03 I wrote about Rob's and Anne's model for Building Personal Trust. In my posting Story-Telling Reforms the Project I claimed we produce alignment among the team as a basis for trusting each others' intentions. In November '03 I showed my exasperation in my comments on Michael Sheering's Trust Is Crucial in Project Coordination. Finally, any long-standing reader knows of my fondness of Fernando Flores' perspective on trust. As Patrick Lencioni points out in the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, trust is the foundational competence for team performance. So what did I learn in the conversation with Rob? I'd read the book (three times) and listened to him speak once. Still, the conversation reminded me of one of Fernando Flores' key points on trust. If you want to increase trust you must talk about trust. Rob Galford is talking about trust...and then he went one step further. Rob and Anne took a subject that appears just beyond our grasp and gave us a handle for taking action. The simplicity of the equation for personal trust reveals the insight of the writers. If you haven't taken the trust test, then do it today. And then go sign-up for Rob's and Anne's monthly newsletter Topics of Trust and Leadership. You won't be disappointed. And for a little more fun read a quick summary of the enemies of trust and this enemies of trust excerpt. Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Catch this Interview on the Trusted Leader
Catch a preview of our conversation with Rob Galford by reading the weLEAD interview. You'll read about Rob's and Anne's backgrounds and what they call the enemies of trust. We hope you can join us for our telecall on Thursday June 24 at 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern. If you haven't signed up, do so now by visiting Project Authors' Series. We'll listen for you... Monday, June 21, 2004
The Trusted Leader Telecall
We're having the last of our telecalls with project authors this Thursday, June 24, 2004, from 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern. If you've missed the prior telecalls then get over to Conversations with Project Authors to sign-up. We're tackling the topic of being a trusted leader. We will be having a conversation with authors Rob Galford and Anne Drapeau Seibold. The authors have done a great job in The Trusted Leader of presenting the challenges and avenues for developing oneself as a trusted leader. I won't say more here. Get over to their website The Trusted Leader. While you're there look at Trust Topics and take the Trust Test. Again, if you have signed up for the series get over to Conversations with Project Authors to do so now! Now that you've done all that, leave your questions for the authors as a comment at the end of this posting. We'll do our best to get your questions answered. Visit the Archives for more postings |
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