From the course: Team Coaching Strategies for Project Managers
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The team that cannot get tasks done
From the course: Team Coaching Strategies for Project Managers
The team that cannot get tasks done
- An unusual, but sometimes problematic team dynamic is the team that acts as friends first and colleagues second. While appreciation and support for colleagues is very important and makes teamwork smoother, in most situations, the purpose of the team is the delivery of the project benefits. This is where structured communication becomes vital. Managing communications is one of the hardest and yet most important jobs that a project manager does. As the number of team members increases, so do the possible lines of communication. This means more and more information that the project manager needs to curate and manage. And it is just as important to observe the communication among the team members. This is how you pick up on rising tensions, or in this case, the team that is going off track with the project. The approach to a team that is veering off track because of niceness is similar to the approach in the case of the insensitive team member. It is an opportunity for questions and…
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