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The Emotionally Agile Project Manager - Leadership Lessons from the Trenches of Emotional Intelligence in Learning Self-Awareness and Self-Control (S4E060
Today hosts Merv Jersak and Tim Jerome share personal anecdotes about how self-awareness and self-regulation can significantly impact team dynamics and project outcomes. From navigating high-stress environments to learning valuable lessons from past mistakes, this episode provides deep insights and practical strategies for project managers to enhance their leadership and emotional intelligence.
Main Take-Aways
Stories are powerful teachers. Today’s story lessons help your understanding of the importance of being self-aware and applying self-control both in our personal and professional lives:
putting people over project
asking team members to help you with developing better self-control/self-regulation
controlling your behavior in organizational cultures different from our normal experience
adapting your behavior to that of the organizational culture you are part of
listening to those closest to you to help with self-awareness
understanding when you have control in a situation and when you do not
developing self-regulating techniques to deal with stress
practicing responses to aid in self-control/self-regulation
Show Notes
Today’s Project Managers Coffee Chat: Leadership Lessons from the Trenches of Emotional Intelligence – Learning Self-Awareness and Self-Control
00:47 Merv begins with a story that still bothers him today, though it happened over 30 years ago, a story of how he put project needs over a team member’s distress.
04:00 Tim adds a contrasting experience where a former supervisor of his would question his team regarding how he (the supervisor) was improving in being able to improve his self-control by reducing his emotional outbursts.
06:08 Merv remembers a situation where his actions in a project meeting were counter to the cultural behaviors of his client organization. He was gently corrected by his customer counterpart and learned a new method of self-control in conflict situations.
07:54 Tim adds his own project culture experience in which he learned to adapt his behaviors to adopt to the organization’s culture.
11:38 Merv offers advice on listening to those closest to you to become more self-aware, and tells the story of how his teenage daughter would express her disapproval of how he was coming across to the family
12:35 Tim recounts a time of job loss to learn how to deal with situations you can control and those you cannot.
14:36 Merv had an experience with self-imposed stress when he was competing in speech contests, and recounts a technique that he used to control his stress. He calls it “Think Pink”.
17:21 Merv then tells of the time that his senior VP came onto the project site to ultimately terminate him. Merv had forewarning of this and spent time practicing his response to include self-control and self-regulation. As a result, his employment was not terminated.
19:52 Concluding thoughts and a peek into next week’s podcasts dealing with emotional intelligence as it relates to our relationships.
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By Merv Jersak & Tim JeromeToday hosts Merv Jersak and Tim Jerome share personal anecdotes about how self-awareness and self-regulation can significantly impact team dynamics and project outcomes. From navigating high-stress environments to learning valuable lessons from past mistakes, this episode provides deep insights and practical strategies for project managers to enhance their leadership and emotional intelligence.
Main Take-Aways
Stories are powerful teachers. Today’s story lessons help your understanding of the importance of being self-aware and applying self-control both in our personal and professional lives:
putting people over project
asking team members to help you with developing better self-control/self-regulation
controlling your behavior in organizational cultures different from our normal experience
adapting your behavior to that of the organizational culture you are part of
listening to those closest to you to help with self-awareness
understanding when you have control in a situation and when you do not
developing self-regulating techniques to deal with stress
practicing responses to aid in self-control/self-regulation
Show Notes
Today’s Project Managers Coffee Chat: Leadership Lessons from the Trenches of Emotional Intelligence – Learning Self-Awareness and Self-Control
00:47 Merv begins with a story that still bothers him today, though it happened over 30 years ago, a story of how he put project needs over a team member’s distress.
04:00 Tim adds a contrasting experience where a former supervisor of his would question his team regarding how he (the supervisor) was improving in being able to improve his self-control by reducing his emotional outbursts.
06:08 Merv remembers a situation where his actions in a project meeting were counter to the cultural behaviors of his client organization. He was gently corrected by his customer counterpart and learned a new method of self-control in conflict situations.
07:54 Tim adds his own project culture experience in which he learned to adapt his behaviors to adopt to the organization’s culture.
11:38 Merv offers advice on listening to those closest to you to become more self-aware, and tells the story of how his teenage daughter would express her disapproval of how he was coming across to the family
12:35 Tim recounts a time of job loss to learn how to deal with situations you can control and those you cannot.
14:36 Merv had an experience with self-imposed stress when he was competing in speech contests, and recounts a technique that he used to control his stress. He calls it “Think Pink”.
17:21 Merv then tells of the time that his senior VP came onto the project site to ultimately terminate him. Merv had forewarning of this and spent time practicing his response to include self-control and self-regulation. As a result, his employment was not terminated.
19:52 Concluding thoughts and a peek into next week’s podcasts dealing with emotional intelligence as it relates to our relationships.