The Project Manager's Life 31

The very nature of project leadership entails mastery of two conflicting skills. The first is the ability of the project manager to pull the team that he is leading together in a common direction, encourage collective thinking, and derive a consensus of opinion about the direction to take, especially during challenging circumstances. In this way, he musters the full strength of the team. The second is the ability to lead by making decisions for the team when it is unable to reach a consensus. It is certainly a challenge for the project manager to know when to go with the consensus of the group or when to plot the route to take on his own. Logic may not provide an absolute answer and sometimes he needs to go with what he feels is right based upon his past experiences.

“Travel alone,” my heart told me over and over,
But I went with a caravan and got lost.
Kesar ul-Zafri

दिल ने बहुत कहा कि अकेले सफ़र करो
मैं कारवाँ के साथ चला और भटक गया
केसर उल-ज़ाफ़री

دل نے بہت کہا کہ اکیلے سفر کرو
مین کاروان کے ساتھـ چلا اور بھٹک گیا
کیسرالظافری

There is a time when we should listen to our hearts and plot our own course of action. The challenge for us is to know when it is.