Covers the top ten most common mistakes project managers make and how to avoid them. Using research and literature from sports psychology, such as James Loehr\'s The Mental Game, you\'ll learn techniques from positive psychology and competitive sports that focus on how to quickly rebound from mistakes. And, how to cultivate and use a strategic system for mitigating them. You will also learn how to manage your own reaction along with the loss of trust or damage to one’s reputation that can happen.
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It's Not Personal: How to Recover from Mistakes and Keep the
3. Learning from Our Mistakes - Dialing Triple R 18
4. Thank You 26
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Why We Make Mistakes
Status Quo Bias
It's hard to change because it involves more
effort and we want to avoid regretting our
decision
Memory is unreliable....
Rosy retrospection
Mistakes are unavoidable.
Perception is Economical
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French invasion of Russia
(Patriotic War of 1812)
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Mistakes Can Make You Smarter
The brain responds to mistakes in one of two
ways
“Wake Up Call"
The brain hones in on the negative outcome,
and treats it like a problem that needs solving.
“Shutting Down”
The brain reacts to the negative feedback itself
as a threat.
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Project Management – 10 Common Mistakes
20 Common Mistakes Made by New or Inexperienced Project Managers. By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. http://www.iil.com/freeresources/downloads/white_papers/20_common_mistakes_HK_0310.pdf
1. Preparing an Ambitious Schedule
2. Pretending to Know More than You Actually Do
3. Ignoring Problems
4. Failing to Share Accountability with Functional Managers
5. Gold-plating the Deliverables
6. Failing to Understand What Stakeholders and Sponsors Want to Hear
7. Not Fully Understanding Requirements
8. Refusing to Ask for Help/Believing in Saviors and Miracles
9. Don’t Tell the Client They are Wrong/ Not Willing to Say “No”