Management

This week, beprojectmanager.com has reached the milestone of 100,000 views. A significant achievement that I particularly want to celebrate with the community of ERP project managers and project management enthusiasts.

After years in their career, senior ERP project managers risk stagnating, masking routine with expertise. Between delegation out of weariness and decreased vigilance, they become trapped in their comfort zone while the ecosystem evolves. To reignite their career progression, they must shake up their habits, become a learner again, and be willing to challenge established practices.

Directional power is an amplifier: it can stifle initiative or reveal excellence. Beyond the formal contract, the leader's "personal touch" shapes a tacit social contract where unspoken understandings prevail. By mastering their own feelings in the face of overload, the leader avoids opaque control and becomes an architect of trust, transforming pressure into a lever for achievement.

A team's effectiveness depends more on its internal dynamics than on individual talent. Google's Project Aristotle identifies psychological safety as a key foundation. This approach is complemented by Belbin's role balance and Microsoft's data on hybrid work. Overall performance stagnates without social capital, despite AI's contribution to productivity.

The DISC model segments behavior into 4 colors. While this tool helps adapt communication at a given moment, using it to label people long-term is a mistake. Humans are changeable: fatigue, culture, and expertise cause our reactions to vary. Nothing is fixed; everything is evolution.