Strefa Wywiadu
Leadership
Personal Development

Language as a Bridge: The power of communication over perfection

Paweł Dudek

18-11-2024

Strefa PMI nr 47, listopad 2024

Piotr, you speak seven languages. How did you do it? I usually say "hold my beer" and then I tell a long story :) The story is indeed a long one and it began nearly 25 years ago. At that time, I failed one of the two university entrance exams. In order to retake it, I decided to study German philology, just for a year, to improve my German, which by the way, I had already been studying for nearly a decade. A year later, I passed the exam, but unfortunately, I did not succeed in the second one. As a result, I remained in the German philology program with the intention of leveraging later my German language skills in my career. This path eventually led me to my first role in the industry. In my second company I was quickly promoted (at just 27 years old) and became Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe. My responsibilities included building the company’s operations from scratch in over 20 countries, participating in international trade fairs and negotiating contracts. Soon I realized that in addition to improve my English, which was at the time truly indispensable at the time, I also need to learn Russian as quickly as possible. This was the last language I studied with a teacher and even though the process took less than two years. Learning subsequent languages became significantly faster, I could reach a level of comfortable in just a few weeks for each of one. What truly accelerated my progress were the frequent opportunities to apply my skills and the conclusion that foreign languages are, in essence, tools for building relationships. The stronger the relationships I wanted to cultivate, the faster I needed to master a particular language. I fully immersed myself in each language and sought ways to enhance my productivity, tailoring the learning process to fit my daily routine and lifestyle. This approach proved to be a real game changer.

Strefa Wiedzy
Agile
Technical PM

Power Skills in the AI World

Agnieszka Maria Gasperini

26-08-2024

Strefa PMI nr 45, czerwiec 2024

Power skills, traditionally known as soft skills, encompass a range of interpersonal abilities that are crucial for success in the workplace, particularly for project teams. Power skills include interpersonal skills such as communication, problem-solving, collaborative leadership and strategic thinking. These skills are essential for project professionals who lead teams, engage stakeholders, and navigate challenges in project plans. They are increasingly recognized as drivers of productivity, employee engagement, and overall organizational success.

Strefa Studenta
Project Management

Słuchać, a nie słyszeć – komunikacja w młodym zespole

Małgorzata Tobis

19-03-2024

Strefa PMI nr 44, marzec 2024

Współpraca i komunikacja odgrywają kluczową rolę w każdym zespole, niezależnie od wieku czy doświadczenia jego członków. Jednakże w przypadku młodych teamów aspekty te nabierają szczególnego znaczenia. Jako młodzi ludzie, często dopiero rozpoczynający swoją przygodę zawodową, napotykamy na dotąd nieznane nam wyzwania, z którymi musimy się mierzyć. Komunikacja staje się wówczas niezbędna. To dzięki niej zespoły są w stanie pokonywać braki w doświadczeniu i wykorzystywać kreatywność każdego z jej członków. Poprawna wymiana informacji, jasna komunikacja celów oraz otwarta dyskusja nad pomysłami i rozwiązaniami stają się fundamentem sukcesu, a także podstawą do realizacji założonej wizji.

Strefa Wiedzy
Leadership

Workforce of the Future

Agnieszka Maria Gasperini

15-11-2023

Strefa PMI nr 43, listopad 2023

PMI’s Global Megatrends 2022 report highlights six major themes – Digital Disruption, Climate Crisis, Demographic Shifts, Economic Shifts, Labor Shortages and Civil, Civic and Equality Movements. Of course, mega trends are always a simplification and they do not all affect everyone, every company or industry on the planet to the same extent. But they are very important CONTEXTUAL elements. They present opportunities to CONTRIBUTE, as project managers, to some of the world’s most pressing challenge, but also because understanding them, having a point of view, helps us all be better and more effective at dealing with MOST of the principles that PMI refers to, in PMBOK® Guide –  Seventh Edition.

Strefa Wiedzy
Agile
Leadership

Z agilem pod pachą serfować przez świat

Małgorzata Maria Dobija

25-09-2023

Strefa PMI nr 42, wrzesień 2023

Czy wiesz jaki wpływ na Twoje wartości, postawy i zachowanie ma kultura, która Cię wychowała? Bez tej świadomości otwieranie się na rynki globalne, czy wdrażanie obcej kultury pracy, jest jak serfowanie po nieznanych wodach w stroju kosmonauty. W sercu każdego międzynarodowego biznesu znajduje się morze wzburzone różnorodnością języków, religii, gospodarki, ustrojów politycznych, reguł życia rodzinnego czy estetyki. Wpływa na ludzkie zachowania osadzając je w konkretnym systemie sensu i znaczeń. By budować świadomość kulturową warto je wyjaśniać poprzez odwoływanie się do wymiarów różnicujących kultury świata i poznawanie lokalnej genezy historycznej.

Strefa Praktyki
Hints&Tips

Feedback – Do We Really Need to Talk?

Maria Sochaczewska

12-09-2023

Strefa PMI nr 42, wrzesień 2023

Let’s say it out loud: we should! What’s more, I encourage you, dear reader, to talk. Even if you don’t feel comfortable receiving or giving feedback, that’s perfectly fine. It will be crucial to consider multiple perspectives when discussing feedback and its impact. Let’s look at the viewpoints on feedback handling and what they mean. In any evaluation process, it is important to remember that different people have different communication styles and preferences. Some people may feel comfortable giving and receiving direct and constructive feedback, while others may prefer a more indirect or benign approach. Understanding these differences in communication styles can help you create a more open feedback culture and an atmosphere of mutual trust.

Strefa Wiedzy
Leadership

How Can Dance Boost Our Power Skills?

Agnieszka Maria Gasperini

14-06-2023

Strefa PMI nr 41, czerwiec 2023

The most recent PMI Pulse of the Profession research focuses heavily on Power Skills — also known as interpersonal skills or soft skills such as communication, problem-solving and collaborative leadership — are proving essential for project professionals. They are at the heart of leading successful teams, engaging stakeholders, and conquering challenges to the project plan. Technical skills enable project managers to chart the path from the start of a project to close, but power skills are how they bring the entire team along for the journey to execute a common vision.

Strefa Wywiadu
Leadership
Personal Development

Communicate As If You Were Deaf – interview with Bruno Kahne

Łukasz Paluszkiewicz

02-09-2022

Strefa PMI nr 18, wrzesień 2017

An interview with Dr. Bruno Paul Kahne, trainer, facilitator and responsible of the strategy of Airbus Leadership University. By Paulina Szczepaniak and Łukasz Paluszkiewicz Bruno, you’re talking on communication, and what project managers can learn from the Deaf community. It is a very unusual idea. Could you tell us, where it came from? I am a trainer on different topics, including communication. I’ve developed a course on communication using communication models, theories, some games and experimentations. And it was good. People were coming to the course, and they were happy, they were progressing. But one day the sponsor of this course approached me and said he was not happy with the training. I asked him “Why?” He replied that it was not fun enough. Well, I’m not entertainer, I’m a trainer. I am ready to make some efforts, but then the people coming to the course also need to make some efforts. I asked him if he had any concrete recommendation, but he was just critical for the sake of it. So we left in total disagreement. This is the first part of the story.

Strefa Wiedzy
Leadership

Grumpy T-Rex: The Worst Project Manager Ever

Łukasz Paluszkiewicz

19-05-2022

Strefa PMI nr 21, czerwiec 2018

When I was preparing for my first public speech on project management I have noticed that no one ever told me that the theory I was studying is not exactly what I found at work… That is why I had many bad behaviors when I started my first job. Not because I was lacking of knowledge, but because I had it too much. I was complaining a lot that it is not how it should be, that there ought to be better practices implemented, you could count it on and on… But it took me a while to understand that big companies brings some limitations.

Strefa Wywiadu
Leadership
Personal Development

Biznes pełen emocji – wywiad z dr Magdaleną Kępińską-Jasny

Kornelia Trzęsowska

23-11-2021

Strefa PMI nr 34, Wrzesień 2021

Z dr Magdaleną Kępińską-Jasny, trenerką biznesu, badającą użyteczność emocji w zarządzaniu rozmawia Kornelia Trzęsowska. Czy da się zarządzać emocjami? Jeśli przyjmiemy, że zarządzanie nie jest manipulowaniem, a działaniem zgodnym z etyką i że zarządzanie polega na regulowaniu, a nie kontrolowaniu, to tak. Regulowanie to polega na dostosowaniu naszych emocji do sytuacji, aby osiągnięcie celu nie odbywało się za wszelką cenę, lecz w ramach norm etycznych. Pewnie łatwo wyobrazić sobie zarządzanie własnymi emocjami, choćby po to, by radzić sobie ze stresem. Zarządzanie emocjami innych jest bardziej złożone, bo można na przykład chcieć wzbudzić zaskoczenie, aby przykuć czyjąś uwagę do ważnych kwestii, albo wzmocnić radość po tym, jak zespół osiągnął sukces.

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