{"id":759,"date":"2007-12-10T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2007\/12\/10\/whose-legs-are-you-dancing-on\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:36:46","slug":"whose-legs-are-you-dancing-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=759","title":{"rendered":"Whose Legs Are You Dancing On?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"whoseLegs\"Am I weird or what?\u00a0 The way I lead my life and my project management practices are so intertwined that it’s sometimes hard to tell whose legs I’m dancing on!\u00a0\u00a0 Cross-pollination of work and life outside of work (different from work-life balance) is a fact: are you leveraging it or letting it leverage you?<\/p>\n

What would change if you applied your knowledge of risk, cost or time management to your personal life? \u00a0\u00a0Can you identify\u00a0what you’ve learned in life about interacting with people and<\/em>\u00a0how you apply it to managing project teams or communication planning?<\/p>\n

I discovered the real benefit in making the learning from this transference explicit when an unexpected event radically changed my future. \u00a0I had to adapt.\u00a0 From my work experience with retrospectives I developed a personal retrospective process for evolving vision, approaching the future and increasing my leadership capability.\u00a0 From the personal side I\u00a0leveraged the lessons from 20+ years of playing softball (I pitch) and the understanding of Principles and Values to improve my project and other organizational work.<\/p>\n

How about you?\u00a0 Be agile (inspect and adapt!) and try this personal retrospective exercise –<\/p>\n

\"Retros\"Create 4 columns.\u00a0 In column 1 list a few of your business competencies, in column 2 list where (if at all) in your personal life you\u00a0use\u00a0the competency, in column 3\u00a0list the effect of using the competency (may not be positive) and in column 4, if you don’t use it,\u00a0list how you could benefit if you did.\u00a0\u00a0Now repeat this in the other direction – from\u00a0personal life\u00a0to business.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See anything interesting? \u00a0Share your wealth with yourself!\u00a0 Try modifying the exercise to look at\u00a0skills that need improvement.\u00a0 How empowered do you choose to be?<\/p>\n

The PMBOK<\/em>\u00ae<\/em> <\/em>and I are completely aligned on (at least) this idea: that historical information and lessons learned are an asset: don’t just sit on yours!<\/p>\n

You can find more information about retrospectives on my website: http:\/\/www.acornfuture.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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