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- This blog post provides five actionable tips for effective growth in a project, emphasizing the importance of observing, actively engaging, and clarifying your understanding.
- These tips include reading the room, taking a strong stance on controversial topics, creating good questions and following up authentically, clarifying your knowledge base, and utilizing listening and silence as tools.
- The post also suggests practical methods for applying these tips, like revisiting past project documents and engaging in casual discussions with colleagues.
Following the first episode...
What does effective growth in one project look like? Here are some ways you can get started:
# 1. Read the Room
Despite decades of technology use, office workers still rely on physical cues to communicate. Observing whether there is always an empty seat reserved for the leader, the different postures between a leader and an employee across a desk, or who interrupts the flow of a presentation can help you understand the context of relationships.
# 2. Take a Strong Stance on Controversial Topics in Meetings
Don't be afraid to voice bold opinions. If you always hold safe opinions, why should anyone pay attention to you? People are drawn to those with conviction. To understand the positions of others in the project, you need to show curiosity about roles different from yours and make your presence known.
Emphasizing that ideas are discovered through actual observational data rather than brainstorming has drawn project leaders' attention to my practical approach, connecting me with various project participants.
# 3. Create Good Questions and Follow-Up Authentically
People often suspect the intentions of someone who shows interest in their domain. Your intent should be to deepen your understanding of the project as a whole, to refine your role, and to find opportunities to facilitate or assist others in their tasks.
Such efforts not only contribute to your rapid development but also to the activation of the entire team. Maintain a friendly tone and respectful attitude while sharing your goals and processes authentically.
# 4. Clarify What You Know and What You Don't
Project participants each have their expertise, and they define the project's meaning based on their perspectives, attitudes, and knowledge. Instead of debating what is right or appropriate, be clear about what you know and don't know. This approach will make others respect your curiosity once they feel respected in their domains. This initial clarity in dialogue can invite you into an unexpected sea of understanding.
# 5. Listening and Silence Can Persuade
When you question people about their roles in various project phases, they might find it bothersome or unnecessary. Remember, your goal is to understand the bigger picture. Questions and conversations are just one way to approach this goal. By stepping back after asking a question and observing, you can also gather needed information by observing how tasks are being performed and decisions are made offsite or beyond meeting rooms.
Your questions and curiosity will prompt responses that are themselves informative about the project's attitudes and priorities. Rather than reacting to these responses, use them as data points to further your understanding of the overall project dynamics.
How to Get Started:
If you're not currently involved in a project, revisiting documents from past projects is a viable option. Identify the areas of the project you were involved in and those you weren't. Consider reaching out to project colleagues for a casual discussion over coffee. Discuss the materials and circumstances, and ask about their roles, expectations, and pressures during the project. This can broaden your perspective on project involvement and spark further learning and understanding.
