Saturday, October 10, 2009
New thoughts from China Beach in Danang ...
Incredible team dynamics and drive ... Wow. I am seriously astonished and pleased to see and being part of this ongoing work and discussions. Really a couple of excellent drivers in the group. Considering the distant mode collaboration this program his to rely on there have been some significant achievements within this first week of virtual teamwork.
Certainly quite a few characters on the team will be great role models and examples of what we are looking for in the future working environment, trying to achieve peak performance in multinational, transcontinental and short-lived (temporary) teams.
Greatest takeaway for myself out of this learning event will certainly be the clue on what does such a team motivate to perform in such environment. Is it the common goal of being able to finish the certification? Is it the client from hell, who applies sufficient pressure (and as such pain)? Is it the one person who just takes the lead of the pack (natural born leader)? Or is it just simply the combination of some or all of those factors?
Also interesting to learn will be the reaction to what will happen if some of the team members will start falling behind and not deliver as promised. Will the team fall apart and just a view will take the program to the finish? Or will the team pick up the fallen-behind and pull them through? Coming from an earlier team that completely fell apart during the course of the program I can now say that we mainly failed from a missing motivation factor to finish the job.
In more then 17 years in project and team management I personally come to the conclusion that human and social dynamics as well as group and individual motivation factors are the most important factors, making the life of project and any kind of team managers extremely interesting (and never boring).
Signing off from HaiVan lounge at one of the most beautiful beaches in the world ...
Klaus
Certainly quite a few characters on the team will be great role models and examples of what we are looking for in the future working environment, trying to achieve peak performance in multinational, transcontinental and short-lived (temporary) teams.
Greatest takeaway for myself out of this learning event will certainly be the clue on what does such a team motivate to perform in such environment. Is it the common goal of being able to finish the certification? Is it the client from hell, who applies sufficient pressure (and as such pain)? Is it the one person who just takes the lead of the pack (natural born leader)? Or is it just simply the combination of some or all of those factors?
Also interesting to learn will be the reaction to what will happen if some of the team members will start falling behind and not deliver as promised. Will the team fall apart and just a view will take the program to the finish? Or will the team pick up the fallen-behind and pull them through? Coming from an earlier team that completely fell apart during the course of the program I can now say that we mainly failed from a missing motivation factor to finish the job.
In more then 17 years in project and team management I personally come to the conclusion that human and social dynamics as well as group and individual motivation factors are the most important factors, making the life of project and any kind of team managers extremely interesting (and never boring).
Signing off from HaiVan lounge at one of the most beautiful beaches in the world ...
Klaus
# posted by Klaus @ 10/10/2009 09:30:00 PM 
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Klaus,
How do you see yourself applying these lessons learned in your day to day working environment?
If you are correct that it is about motivation, then what lessons learned can we take away from this experiential learning and apply to our working world that will achieve the same or better results?
BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
How do you see yourself applying these lessons learned in your day to day working environment?
If you are correct that it is about motivation, then what lessons learned can we take away from this experiential learning and apply to our working world that will achieve the same or better results?
BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
That are exactly the points I am looking into ...
Experience shows that we are running into troubles in specific countries in SEA, trying to form self driven individuals and teams (which seems to be related to the motivation factor as much as the "cultural background"). Still capturing some more details on this team to refine the best learning regarding motivation.
Guess one of the major differences is already the fact that in comparison to a matrix organization like in our case this team is still working in a very much direct line reporting scheme, which takes away the uncertainty of accountability and responsibility.
Klaus
China Beach, Danang
Experience shows that we are running into troubles in specific countries in SEA, trying to form self driven individuals and teams (which seems to be related to the motivation factor as much as the "cultural background"). Still capturing some more details on this team to refine the best learning regarding motivation.
Guess one of the major differences is already the fact that in comparison to a matrix organization like in our case this team is still working in a very much direct line reporting scheme, which takes away the uncertainty of accountability and responsibility.
Klaus
China Beach, Danang
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