Project and Team Management

I don’t know if I’ve told you that I’m currently completing my Master’s degree at Full Sail University in Florida. If I haven’t sorry, and well, now you know. The point of the rambling is that I’m taking what I consider to be one of the hardest classes I have ever taken: Project and Team Management. This is the class where they teach you to start caring about other people beside yourself all the time. This is where you learn to remember that you’re not only working for your success, but for the ones that compound your team. To me is like, well, I couldn’t care less about what would happen to me, I can take care of myself, but if you don’t do something that has to be done for group grading, that small part that was assigned to you in the first team meeting suddenly feels like it weighs 100,00 tons. This class is perfect for that. You find yourself in a very professional setting, with audio chats, blog posts, chapter readings, etcetera. It teaches you about the importance of working in team. About relying not solely on your talents and skills but in others as well.

This class has been particularly hard for me because, while I have learned a great deal about myself as a future and potential leader of my own company, I have learned to take care of others and still operate a successful company/business.

Leadership is something that some people are born with. They just have this innate ability to lead others and influence them in many different ways. But leadership is also something that can be developed. As I have progressed in the degree, I have taken a few classes that have taught me to be a leader, like last month in Executive Leadership. One of the books assigned to the class was “Developing the Leader Within You” by John C. Maxwell. And he says in his book just that. You may not have been born a natural leader, but you can be developed into a great one.

I talk about this because the industry where we are submerging ourselves into can make and/or break you into pieces. And if you don’t have clear idea of the type of leader and team and project manager that you are, you won’t make it past the next week (at most). This is probably one the hardest career there is. It’s a constant competition and you must always know that you are dealing with other people’s money. Having a clear and big picture of the project that you are working on (managing/leading) is key to deliver a final product that would be acceptable to your clients.

As far as advice, that’s the best advice I can give you… for now. I’m sure that as my career develops, you will be hearing from me more frequently. Feel free to comment on this post! Happy Sunday!