People often wonder how they can get noticed in their organizations and rise to positions of greater responsibility. I believe an easy formula is
- to pick a problem or opportunity that senior management believes is of great importance to the company, and then
- to successfully execute a project, under the sponsorship and guidance of senior management, that addresses this problem or opportunity
This is fairly easy. The idea may not be yours, the approach may not be yours, but a successful project execution will make you a hero!
The first step in a project is to define the scope and objectives very clearly and then break the project into various tasks. Raw managers tend to create too few or too many tasks – I think a general rule of thumb is to have 20-30 tasks for a typical project. You have to really visualize all the aspects of the project in your mind, with a feeling of ownership and responsibility, to come up with the right task list. One can separate good managers from bad managers just by how they break up a project into tasks.
It helps to create and circulate periodically (e.g. strictly every Monday) a simple Excel tracking sheet showing the various tasks, the single points of responsibility for each task, the initial estimated task end dates, the percentage completed values, and the current/actual task end dates. Risks and mitigation approaches for each risk must be recorded. I think using such a tracking sheet is HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
With the right circulation of the tracking sheet – including not just the project team but also a few senior executives – you can make an impression with your command of the complexity involved in the project. You have a good chance of moving up in your organization, especially if you can declare victory at the end of the project and sometimes even if you can’t!
9 comments:
Thanks a lot sir.
Dear Sir, it was really of enjoyment to read & will think on applying the same in life. Excited to read more word's of wisdom from your side. Due to threat of mistake i am not writting my name, let me know how to handle such type of problems.
Thanks
Do write your name next time, Anonymous! Just do your VERY best and keep learning. :-)
Hello! sir,
Thanks for the incitement talk.
It's really a great idea. I would like to say that the identification of problem or opportunity of our superior is a bit difficult or many times we become late.
Request: sir, my english vocabulary is weak, so if i use any wrong word anywhere commenting for your blog, please identify me,(if you have time).
Thanks so much, sir.
Hulesh Sahu
Hulesh, thanks for the comment. It is good that you are trying new words and are open to learning. Some comments:
- "incitement" should be "inspiring". To inspire is positive, to incite is normally used in a negative way.
- by "please identify me" you probably meant "please identify it for me". This is a common shortcut that is always wrong.
Great to chat with you one on one, Hulesh!
Hello sir,
the ways suggested by you are really very insightfull.From my past job experience what i had learned that the follow-up is very much required for each and every task we take under.Thank you sir
Dear Sir,
Great insights !
thanks for it , but have seen that practically organisation don't believe in this - one works on a project, gives his best ( more than100% results, infact beyond their expectations )n than too if the organisation can't realize and appreciate a person's contribution,its a big setback & it leaves a very strong negative impact ......
Sir, can you please suggest ways how to check true attitude of an organisation ????
Regards.
sir i always read your blog and read others comment also, i find very good learnings but always think that it is really a great opportunity to learn great things.
and I always wonder how a great manager is that much humble and down to earth?? thank you sir.
Anonymous, you have to understand the game at an organization and learn to play it. All organizations behave less-than-ideally in some ways. We have to live with it, or change it :-)
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