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12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
Berlin 2010
The International Project Manager
12“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.”
– President John F. Kennedy
Daniel NewmanInternational Project
Manager
12“Today, lots of projects face some sort of CRISIS. My name is Daniel Newman. I am the opportunity for projects in crisis.” – Presented to ESCP-EAP students, Berlin.
Daniel NewmanInternational Project
Manager
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
10 crucial management rules
Not everyone likes rules but to deliver complex and virtually impossible projects – you need them.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
1. Do the math, do the AUDIT
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
- Sir, Isaac Newton.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
2. Communicate organisation-wide
When hired for a project, communicate with everyone in the organisation – including the cleaner. Every person is important, even those that hate you because of the changes you are bringing. Be professional, do not return the favour.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
3. Adapt
Expect the unexpected and prepare. The best way to do that is not to conform to the views an organisation may have about you. To manage international projects means going into unchartered territory where some rules do not apply… adapt!
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
4. Develop Potential
Courage, confidence and calm under fire makes you the best person to rescue failing projects, even with little to no management support. Pass this on to your team, invest in them, and ensure that they can see that you can see their potential every day (this also ensure a commitment to quality).
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
5. Micromanage Top Management
If you ever need to micromanage anything, this is the group you micromanage.
Why? … Because at least 6 times out of 10 they are not managing things right.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
6. Trust your team
Project management in general is not about telling the team how to do something. Give them the scope and let them get on with it. Meddle at your own peril.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
7. Do the Impossible
I have held over 20 jobs working my way across most of the world, and even in Afghanistan I can tell you it was worth the reward. Nothing worth doing is ever as easy as it appears when it is finally done – and yet it can be done.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
8. Learn from mistakes
Do not be afraid to make them and admit them. Children grow through making mistakes. If they can do it, just imagine what your organisation can grow into if they do it too.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
9. Stop the blame game
Take responsibility for every area of the project. Stop twisting your necks seeking others to blame for failures belonging to you.
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
10. Give more
Over deliver on expectations. Give stakeholders more than they expected and do it with vigour, with passion and with happiness.
12“Our current and continued crisis within the organisation is one made out of our own greed and ineptitude to invest in people.” – Daniel Newman, Berlin.
Daniel NewmanInternational Project
Manager
12Just A Starting Point
Daniel NewmanInternational Project
Manager
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
Thank you
fr.linkedin.com/in/danielnewmanEmail: [email protected]
Blog: ipm3000.wordpress.com/introduction/
12Daniel Newman
International Project Manager
Clients include:
ABC NewsAmadeusGSKHMVIBMInteractive1J Sainsbury Plc Knight FrankLBNL Mobilkom Austria– VipnetNational Westminster BankPwCThe British CouncilThe European Society of Cardiology
