Day 30: Agile Principle No. 5
Bexs Nelson, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM
PMO & Operations Expert with Measured Results | PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM | I help Customer Service Reps transition to joy in Project Management Careers
Day 30: Agile Principle No. 5
Hope everyone had as restorative a long weekend as I did!
We have a small button in my house. It gets pushed very infrequently. This weekend though it was pressed.
When pushed we drop everything we can fit into the "non-essential" category and focus on each other. With a vast amount of changes in my life and with my partners, the changes got overwhelming. The button was pushed. The request was honored. We spent time exploring Luigi Mansion together and decided to name our next dog PolterPup. We also strategized through the next few months together.
Strangely, this ties well into the 5th Agile Principle.
Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
or for us...
Build job searches around what motivates you and your tean. Give yourself the environment and support you need, and trust yourself to get the job done".
The whole logic behind this is to not force an individual to adhere to an environment that works against them because a micromanager wants it that way. If you don't work best in the evening, get up early. If it doesn't matter when you work to you, ask your partner when it is easiest on them to handle childcare and give you some time to work on job hunt.
In a simpler view, this can look like this:
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When are you motivated? Does your energy come in sprints?
What is your partner's motivation level? Your kids? You may have more in your tank and can go for longer than they can, but that doesn't mean you should.
When it comes to life events like this, you have to know yourself and what you got on the resilience score. You also have to know your families. You need to build the job search environment with you in mind, but also a consideration for the other players. My partner had an unknown approaching fast and a shift in responsibilities that needed some time to be honored between us.
Knowing your environment where you need to work, but also your family needs (such as a bit of time honoring the transition) will make tasks in your job search that you do happen faster and with better quality.
The second half of this is also important. If you don't trust yourself and your partner to work through this and keep even the tiniest decisions in your job hunt centralized between you, you may lose sight of the reason behind it all. Your partner will never be able to share your sense of drive, excitement, and purpose in the hunt that you do, or know when to communicate that they too need a break.
Bexs
Past Articles in Job Search Like a Project Manager Series:
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2 年Great post this morning. Sometimes you have to focus on the motivation of why you are doing something. Is it really what you want to do? When you or anyone else is motivated the results generally improve. I really appreciated the tie-in to communication and the need to bring others with you through sharing your thoughts and drivers.