Project Management Professional

I think sustainable performance is going to be a critical skill set that will support project managers, not just have a, again, not a longevity in their career, but For them to continue to be as valued in what we do by businesses, by organizations, we are going to be bringing our best selves and we're going to do that through the skills of sustainable performance.

We'll continue to be... greater strategic partners even more so as time goes on but I think in order for us to do that and do it well so that we continue to be respected and actually bring our gay game we have to be thinking about not just training and certifications right another PMP is you know it's I love that we're all getting certified and there's that, they're building that best practice and standardization, but it's more than that.

It is those soft, some of those soft skills, if you will, that truly aren't soft.

They are leadership skills, they're communication skills, they're, there's so many other pieces that we have to be mindful of.

You know what your job really is as a PMP student? It's to get comfortable being uncomfortable because the only way you're going to grow and you're gonna be better at solving questions is to go ahead and miss some questions.

It's to be in situations that cause you to really challenge the way you go about things and the way you think about things.

And that's going to cause you a little existential crisis.

This is where I succeed.

This is what it's all about.

So I don't want you to think, I got to run through this PMP, try to take his million, billion, jillion questions, try to do those things wrong.

You're trying to get in tough spots.

Jump into the briar patch, right? And find someone that's going to understand that that's their job with you, that they've got to guide you through it.

Most organizations approach this question by looking at credentials.

They want to see project management professional designation, commonly known as PMP.

They want someone familiar with Gantt charts, critical path analysis, resource allocation, risk registers, project management software.

And yes, those are all useful skills.

So the very first hire I made was a project manager.

Not someone with an engineering degree, like an actual project manager, someone with a PMP

license.

And, you know, really started to try to address the

to.

Yeah, because we don't just know how to manage projects online.

There's a reason there's a PMP out there.

So if firm leaders are listening today and thinking about leadership development for their teams, which you've touched on a few times, what do you think they should be looking for to make it actually drive real impact?