Welcome to Day Two of
the PW&WCBA 2013! Chuck
Millhollan, Director of Program Management, Churchill Downs Incorporated,
kicked off the session with some great professional advice for your career, as
a PM or BA.
1.
Join a professional Group and get involved
2.
Subscribe to professional journal
3.
Earn professional certification
4.
Understand your value proposition
Learning does not stop with graduation, learning continues
throughout your career.
Needless to say the project had several challenges. The biggest challenge came after funding was
agreed upon for the huge Olympic village.
Unfortunately, there was an economic crash. The team became very creative and innovative
and pre-sold the Olympic homes to future owners in order to fund the
construction. This money was used to
help create the Olympic village. The
committee also tried many other ways to earn the money required to fund such a
large project.
You can still see the Olympic village today until Spring
2014. If you have the opportunity, go to
London and see this great accomplishment!
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The next keynote speaker was Naomi Karten, on Embracing Change: Transforming
Ideas and Challenges into Opportunities. Naomi describes what we go through
with change, how things are currently, the jolt, chaos, bumpy adjustments and
the new normal. Change can be expected
or unexpected, planned or unplanned. She
began to explain how everyday things cause the jolt, which moves you to
chaos. Chaos is normal when change
happens. Below are some high level
highlights:
Universal Truths
·
People vary in their receptiveness to
change. Some thrive on change
·
People’s responses are more emotional than
logical or rational
·
Change involves loss
·
Significant chaos entails a temporary drop in
productivity.
·
People need time to adjust to change
Naomi also provided some guidelines
below are just a few highlights:
·
Minimize the compounding effect of chaos
·
Communicate the status of change
·
Let people talk about the change
·
Listen and empathize with the team
·
Do not put down how things were operating
previously, discuss commonalities between the new and old
·
Do not “Mollycoddle” the team, in other words do
not go overboard on empathy and understandings continue to move forward.
·
Try not to make any irreversible decisions
during chaos
Above all trust must be built
within the teams! People are adaptable
and will make it through the change. Naomi wishes everyone success in managing
chaos in their life.
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