Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 1 00:00:01,457 --> 00:00:04,321 Now, let's look at the practical essentials of 2 2 00:00:04,321 --> 00:00:08,571 building, managing and motivating the project team. 3 3 00:00:10,057 --> 00:00:12,339 One of the project manager's most important 4 4 00:00:12,339 --> 00:00:15,011 jobs is to build the team. 5 5 00:00:15,011 --> 00:00:19,745 This is one of the oldest and wisest sayings about teams. 6 6 00:00:19,745 --> 00:00:24,245 A person does not need to be rounded, but a team does. 7 7 00:00:26,037 --> 00:00:28,764 People will get the project done, 8 8 00:00:28,764 --> 00:00:32,307 so you want to build the best team possible. 9 9 00:00:32,307 --> 00:00:34,457 How do you do that? 10 10 00:00:34,457 --> 00:00:37,865 Critically importantly, keep the planning leads 11 11 00:00:37,865 --> 00:00:40,743 to ensure continuity through the execution stage 12 12 00:00:40,743 --> 00:00:42,259 and a feeling of accountability for 13 13 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:45,176 performance against their own plan. 14 14 00:00:46,152 --> 00:00:49,797 Then, whether it's you or the leads staffing the team, 15 15 00:00:49,797 --> 00:00:52,129 negotiate across the organization 16 16 00:00:52,129 --> 00:00:56,487 and interview widely to get the best personnel. 17 17 00:00:56,487 --> 00:00:59,721 And look for four key attributes: 18 18 00:00:59,721 --> 00:01:03,388 skills, energy, team temperament and ethics. 19 19 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:08,968 Put skills flirts if you have to make a choice, 20 20 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:11,598 as it's by far the most important. 21 21 00:01:11,598 --> 00:01:14,165 Then look for energy or you might not get 22 22 00:01:14,165 --> 00:01:16,978 the benefit of the skills. 23 23 00:01:16,978 --> 00:01:20,123 Then a team temperament, someone that wants to be part 24 24 00:01:20,123 --> 00:01:22,853 of something larger than themselves 25 25 00:01:22,853 --> 00:01:26,395 since that is the nature of projects. 26 26 00:01:26,395 --> 00:01:29,779 And finally, ethics, because someone that lacks integrity 27 27 00:01:29,779 --> 00:01:32,601 and will cut corners can easily blow up your project 28 28 00:01:32,601 --> 00:01:37,026 without anyone noticing until it's too late. 29 29 00:01:37,026 --> 00:01:40,072 And look for diversity in your team, 30 30 00:01:40,072 --> 00:01:43,920 since it is proven to produce better results. 31 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,358 For example, if all you have are strategic thinkers, 32 32 00:01:47,358 --> 00:01:51,290 you'll have great plans, but get little work done. 33 33 00:01:51,290 --> 00:01:53,163 If all you have are analytic thinkers, 34 34 00:01:53,163 --> 00:01:57,620 you'll get lots of work done, but in the wrong direction. 35 35 00:01:57,620 --> 00:02:00,909 The more diversity the team has of gender, ethnicity, 36 36 00:02:00,909 --> 00:02:04,645 age, background, experience and other dimensions, 37 37 00:02:04,645 --> 00:02:07,875 the better problem identification, creative solutions 38 38 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:09,708 and fun you will have. 39 39 00:02:11,223 --> 00:02:13,390 So how do you get diversity? 40 40 00:02:13,390 --> 00:02:16,176 Do you recruit specifically for it? 41 41 00:02:16,176 --> 00:02:18,750 No, the best way to get diversity is 42 42 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:22,361 to avoid recruiting for lack of diversity. 43 43 00:02:22,361 --> 00:02:26,163 That is, most importantly, never bring on people 44 44 00:02:26,163 --> 00:02:28,848 just because they are like you. 45 45 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:31,414 Which is what most new managers do, 46 46 00:02:31,414 --> 00:02:36,414 trying to assemble a team, just like them, a huge mistake. 47 47 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:38,618 The best way to obtain diversity is 48 48 00:02:38,618 --> 00:02:41,830 to interview as widely as you can. 49 49 00:02:41,830 --> 00:02:44,060 Look for the best match for the jobs 50 50 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:47,477 and then diversity will follow naturally. 51 51 00:02:49,083 --> 00:02:51,076 Adam Grant put it well 52 52 00:02:51,076 --> 00:02:53,291 "I can't tell you that if you bring in weird 53 53 00:02:53,291 --> 00:02:56,638 "and different people, then good things will happen. 54 54 00:02:56,638 --> 00:02:59,643 " But I can tell you that if you hire similar people 55 55 00:02:59,643 --> 00:03:02,670 "and promote only the ones who are most similar, 56 56 00:03:02,670 --> 00:03:05,587 " bad things are likely to happen." 57 57 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:09,900 Cast your net as widely as possible, 58 58 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,712 look for skills first, then energy, team temperament 59 59 00:03:13,712 --> 00:03:17,670 and ethics and you will end up with the most diverse, 60 60 00:03:17,670 --> 00:03:21,087 best performing project team you can get. 5341