Gaining From Others
7. Use project as a way of learning more about other disciplines.
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Promotion to leadership positions used
to depend on rising up the company hierarchy. Now vital work is increasingly carried out by
temporary teams working on specific projects, which provide ideal opportunities
for learning leadership skills.
Joining
Project Skills
Widen your knowleadge and learn new
skills by joining a project team. These are usually set up to work on new projects within an existing
organisation. Such teams can become permanent if the prroject takes off, and
are independent of the vertical hierarchy. The longer the project lasts , the
more likely it is that team membershisp and roles will change during the projecter’s life. This
means you can join a project in a sabordinate position, but with the hope of
finding a leadership role later.The large the team, and the wider its remit,
the greater the chance to change roles or be promoted within the team. Gaining
experience on projects led by other people is also an invaluable education in
how to lead your own project.
8.Make friends with people in different departmants, and get to know
how they operate.
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Learining Flexibility
The leadership of a project is often
passed to different people at different stages. For example, it could move from
the design department to the production staff to the marketting people, each
passing on the baton in turn. This gives you the opportunity to learn crucial
lessons in how to organize and collaborate with different functions and
depatrmants, from finance to sales, engineering to purchasing. Although the
baton changes hands, everyone still works as part of a harmonious team at all
times. The abilities to be flexible and to understand other departments work
are essential in leadership.
Broading Knowleadge
Use your experience in
multi-disciplinary project teams to broaden your general business skills. It is
too easy to become and stay a specialist. The Japanes, for instance, believe
that every manager shuld be a proper businessman or women, able to lead any
part of the businise, successfully. So a personnel head can can move easily
into sales, or a financial expert into marketing. Get to undestand the
principles of business successfully. So
a personal head can move easily into sales, or a financial expert into
marketing. Get to understand the priciple s of business and what part each
component skills plays in achieving
sales and profits. Broaden your knowleadge by reading, and by establishing,and
nurturing contacts in different departments- such efforts will pay great
dividends in future.
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