This presentation was given to the Project Management Institute's Dr. Bird Chapter in Kingston Jamaica. It describes the journey undertaken by the protagonist in the book "Bill's Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure." In the third part of the book he must find a way to improve the skills of his team-members so that they can fulfill their mandate, and also avoid being laid off due to low productivity. He's forced to take some risks to realize this goal that brings him into direct confrontation with company policies and an employee who wants to see him fail. http://perfect.mytimedesign.com Update: Several months after this speech was delivered, I gave a speech at the PMISCC conference in Trinidad. The link to the contents (audio, slides and paper) are available here - http://perfect.mytimedesign.com/calling-all-project-managers/

1. Lessons from Bill
Francis Wade

2. Act 3 – The Team Fails

3. A Capacity
Problem

4. What Does a Project Manager Do?

5. You – Stuck

6. Gut instinct / winging it

7. A Way to Measure

8. By Individual Profile
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9. By Belt

10. My Struggle

12. Not Yours!

13. Your Perspective

14. Their
Perspective

15. Time demands
Individual commitments
to complete future actions
Invisible, intangible
Tangible properties
Psychological weight

16. Fundamentals

17. Peace of mind

19. Notice Results
• Stuff falling through the cracks
• The state of their Inbox
• Their physical space
• Life balance

20. Monitor Habits

21. Fundamental #4 – Acting Now
Tracking
Behaviours

22. Grow the
Plate

23. 3. Supporting
the Team in
Growing the
Plate

24. Habit change supports
• Human support / social
• Reminders
• Ongoing training / coaching
• Checklists
• Backups
• A diary of progress
• A written plan of small changes

25. Project Manager

26. Line Manager

27. Team Members

28. No More Premature Limits

29. Increase Team-Member Potential

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