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10 People-Related Project Mistakes - 7. Failing to address personal crises
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Nothing says “pointy-headed boss” like a manager who fails to sensitively address major crises like the death or major illness. Some PMs gloss over these crises during crunch time and simply state that the show must go on. They might work well with machines, but your geeks are not robots. So don’t treat them that way.



 
 
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  1. 10 People-Related Project Mistakes
  2. 1. Failing to describe the project at both the concrete and big picture level
  3. 2. Choosing not to take the time to identify individual differences among team members
  4. 3. Not proactively addressing conflict
  5. 4. Assuming that everyone is motivated by the same thing
  6. 5. Ignoring cultural differences when outsourcing
  7. 6. Granting no autonomy to geeks
  8. 7. Failing to address personal crises
  9. 8. Lacking self-awareness during failures
  10. 9. Not facilitating understanding between IT and non-technical teammates
  11. 10. Failing to emphasize the IT group’s ultimate customer
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