Comments on: Are you a leader or a tracker? http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/ Management and Creative Thinking Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Are you a leader or a tracker? « Scott Berkun « Site Super Tracker http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-622423 Are you a leader or a tracker? « Scott Berkun « Site Super Tracker Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:28:23 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/#comment-622423 [...] Today found this great post, here is a quick excerpt : Many of these people are really Project Trackers. They write reports, make spreadsheets, and report back to people on what just happened. They aren’t expected to lead the entire project, as engineers or business analysts take most of … Read the rest of this great post Here [...] [...] Today found this great post, here is a quick excerpt : Many of these people are really Project Trackers. They write reports, make spreadsheets, and report back to people on what just happened. They aren’t expected to lead the entire project, as engineers or business analysts take most of … Read the rest of this great post Here [...]

]]> By: Vinnie http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-528281 Vinnie Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:21:17 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/#comment-528281 Just come across your article while browsing other PM articles. in 2007 when I was searching for PM job I was rejected because I displayed leadership capability during interviews. I come from development background and then moved into project management. Actually after working as PM for last 5 years I realised that they infact want someone who can do administrative tasks, highlight issues and chair meetings. Companies do not want to make their business analyst, solution architects or development managers angry by giving more authority to PM. It is also difficult to find PM who has technical knowledge, business acumen, project management skills and other soft skills. And these kind of people will demand too much salary. By distributing authority amongst multiple people it becomes easy to replace people whenever necessary to do so. Just come across your article while browsing other PM articles. in 2007 when I was searching for PM job I was rejected because I displayed leadership capability during interviews. I come from development background and then moved into project management.

Actually after working as PM for last 5 years I realised that they infact want someone who can do administrative tasks, highlight issues and chair meetings. Companies do not want to make their business analyst, solution architects or development managers angry by giving more authority to PM.

It is also difficult to find PM who has technical knowledge, business acumen, project management skills and other soft skills. And these kind of people will demand too much salary. By distributing authority amongst multiple people it becomes easy to replace people whenever necessary to do so.

]]> By: Agile Jedi http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-275911 Agile Jedi Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:31:04 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/are-you-a-leader-or-a-tracker/#comment-275911 I don't really fault the organizations for a lack of Project Leaders. I fault the individual Project Managers. Most PMs want the title and paycheck but do not want the real burden of leading. They believe they can lead by charts and spreadsheets. In many cases (as you pointed out) these weak leaders are purposefully placed as frontmen for some other ineffective leader. I measure a leader by how well they can bring a single vision to a team. Unfortunately, these people aren't interviewed and then hired. Real leaders rise from the crowd and expose themselves when you least expect it. I don’t really fault the organizations for a lack of Project Leaders. I fault the individual Project Managers. Most PMs want the title and paycheck but do not want the real burden of leading. They believe they can lead by charts and spreadsheets. In many cases (as you pointed out) these weak leaders are purposefully placed as frontmen for some other ineffective leader.

I measure a leader by how well they can bring a single vision to a team. Unfortunately, these people aren’t interviewed and then hired. Real leaders rise from the crowd and expose themselves when you least expect it.

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