With my sincere apologies to Rudyard Kipling, I have paraphrased his famous poem “If” to remind all project managers aspiring to great success that the human aspects of project management should never be under-estimated.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can meet with success and failure
And treat those two results just the same;
If you can talk with workers and keep their respect,
Or talk with leaders – nor lose the common touch,
Yours is success and everything that entails,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Project Manager!
Paul Naybour
LinkedIn ProfilePaul Naybour is a seasoned project management consultant with over 15 years of experience in the industry. As the co-founder and managing director of Parallel, Paul has been instrumental in shaping the company's vision and delivering exceptional project management training and consultancy services. With a robust background in power generation and extensive senior-level experience, Paul specializes in the development and implementation of change programs, risk management, earned value management, and bespoke project management training.
wonderful. you have rightly captured the essence of project manager traits
Thanks for the comment Sunil – it was a good reminder of this version of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem that I took the liberty of rewriting some years ago…