{"id":215,"date":"2007-02-23T18:47:32","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T18:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=215"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:39:34","slug":"vital-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Vital Ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"puzzleI often present the ten pieces of a puzzle that comprise an environment for successful projects.\u00a0 The pieces, however, will not stay together without glue. The glue has two vital ingredients: \u00a0authenticity and integrity. \u00a0Authenticity means that managers really mean what they say. \u00a0Integrity means that they really do what they say they will do, and for the reasons they stated to begin with. \u00a0It is a recurring theme in every environment where people interact that authenticity and integrity link the head and the heart, the words and the action; they separate belief from disbelief, and often make the difference between success and failure.<\/p>\n

Major upheaval requires authenticity and integrity on the part of all managers. \u00a0Most change efforts do not fail from lack of concepts or from lack of a description of how to do it right. \"hoist\u00a0Most change programs fail when managers are hoist on their own petard of inauthenticity and lack of integrity.\u00a0\u00a0This failure happens because people, when involved in the situations where managers violate authenticity and integrity, sense the lack of resolve, feel the lack of leadership, and despair of the situation. \u00a0When managers speak without authenticity, they stand like the naked emperor: they think they are clothed, but everyone else sees the truth. \u00a0When managers lack integrity they do not “walk the walk,” they only “talk the talk,” and people sense the disconnection and become cynical. \u00a0Management cannot ask others to change without first changing themselves. \u00a0Implementing a more project-friendly environment and creating a project office depend upon resolve to approach needed changes with authenticity and integrity.<\/p>\n

I invite others to share your observed examples of “integrity crimes,” their impact on project success, and how you might react differently.<\/p>\n

Adapted from Creating an Environment for Successful Projects:\u00a0 Second Edition<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>by Graham and Englund.
\n– Randy Englund, www.englundpmc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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