“Beyond The Hype” New EQ and Project Management Article
April 3rd, 2007 by Galba Bright
Does EQ lead to project management success?
Emotional Intelligence sounds good in theory, but can project managers really use it to get ahead?
Business writer Sarah Fister Gale poses this question at the beginning of her article, Beyond The Hype for the April 2007 edition of Project Management magazine.
My disclosure
Sarah interviewed me as part of this article and quoted me. I’ve tried to stand back from my involvement and assess whether the article offers you value.
An overview of the article
In four pages, Sarah describes the role of Emotional Intelligence assessments. She then provides basic information about emotions and how they affect project management.
The author then discusses how training, coaching and support from others can help people to improve their Emotional Intelligence. Her articles includes an interesting 8 point quiz by
Anthony Mersino, the author of Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results. You can use it to get a quick insight into how well you manage your emotions when you are managing projects.
Sarah then tops off her article with two interesting personal stories from real people who successfully improved their emotional intelligence. She profiles Anthony Mersino, PMP and Valerie Jachimowicz , PMP in this section.
I liked Sarah’s balanced approach to Emotional Intelligence. She treated it as a credible concept. She did not, however, present it as a cure all for the challenges that project managers face.
Perhaps Sarah’s even handed approach might frustrate those readers who are eagerly searching for a definitive approach to how to improve their Emotional Intelligence.
Hoewever, if you’re interested in becoming more effective at managing projects, I believe that this article will give you useful insights and information. You can download it here.
I also recommend Sarah’s first article on Project Management and Emotional Intelligence for the same magazine. It’s called “The Secret of Stellar Managers.” If you are a certified PMP project manager you can get the article at no cost by going to http://www.pmi.org. If you’re not certified, you can follow the links and pay for the article.
More Resources on EQ and Successful Project Management
Download my article 6 Things You Must Know To Make Your Project An Oustanding Success in PDF format
You can also read my articles
6 Things You Must Know To Make Your Project An Oustanding Success, Part 1.
6 Things You Must Know To Make Your Project An Outstanding Success Part 2.
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