From the course: Build a Successful Career in Project Management
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Move into a leadership position
From the course: Build a Successful Career in Project Management
Move into a leadership position
- Do you want to rise to the highest levels in your organization? If so, you should consider pursuing leadership roles. Once you've gotten some practical experience under your belt, you can begin positioning yourself to become a leader, such as a VP, or maybe even a CEO. Let's look at three ways you can prepare yourself for a leadership role. One, adopt holistic thinking. When problems arise, and they will, it can be extremely tempting to overanalyze problems by dissecting them into smaller and smaller parts, until you come to the most logical conclusion. While this may be a good approach if you're a technical expert, it's not the best if you're positioning yourself to move up the ranks. A higher level of thinking is required. Holistic thinking to be exact. Step back from the minutia of data, look at the big picture, and start to figure out patterns. Once you have a good sense of the overall trend, you can then turn your…
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