Leading Project Team Archives • The SMART PM

Millennials are Joining the 21st Century Organizational Ecosystem

Jan

30

2013

As a project management professional for 20 years, I’ve managed IT projects in a variety of industries and regions, including North America, Latin America and Europe. Most of the projects were regional or global, and the project teams included members from different nationalities, cultures and generations. Although complexity was a common denominator in these projects, ...

On-boarding Gen Y Team Members

Jan

29

2013

The other day, a member of my project team, a Gen Y business analyst, e-mailed me and proposed that we consider starting a new project. The new project would complement a project we are currently working on. Eventually, I learned that the project board had rejected this proposed project before. I discovered that a stakeholder ...

Work-Life Balance of Multigenerational Team

Jan

28

2013

Different generations place different values on pursuing work-life balance. Working with multigenerational project teams has taught me that commitment is a common attribute for team members of every generation. But every team member approaches the work-life balance in a different way. Work-Life Balance – The Multigenerational Approach A strong work ethic is a characteristic of the ...

Multicultural Project Teams: How to Manage de “Multi” Factor

Jan

27

2013

I have talked about how the “multi” factor, Multicultural and Multigenerational, plays an important role in projects and how project managers must be prepared to address team issues related to this phenomenon. As project managers in a global environment, we are now more often expected to lead multi-regional projects. This adds the multicultural to the ...