From Good to Great: How to Enhance Your Leadership and Transform Teams in Complex Projects
By Andrew Prior, MBA, Executive Coach ICF and EMCC,
and Dr. Leon Herszon, PhD, PMP®, CSM®, CSPO®, DASSM
Abstract
In today’s complex and rapidly evolving world, the demands on project managers have intensified. It is no longer sufficient for them to develop capabilities, competencies, and new skills—a process often referred to as horizontal development. Instead, there is a growing need for project managers to undergo vertical development, which involves shifting their thinking by increasing their awareness of themselves, others, and the systems they are part of. This white paper examines the thinking capacities (or mindsets) required for successful project management and the stages of vertical development that enhance their competencies in complex project environments.
About the Authors
Dr. Leon Herszon, PhD, PMP®, CSM®, CSPO®, DASSM
Dr. Leon Herszon is the Head of IIL Consulting (a division of International Institute for Learning, Inc.), a results-oriented and client-focused consulting firm. He performed roles as executive and managing director, Chief Agility Officer, entrepreneur, portfolio, program and project director, business transformation leader, and corporate educator. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the prestigious Rutgers Business School.
Dr. Herszon has experience leading teams to improve performance and manage business transformation focused on agility, transparency, teamwork, experimentation, and innovation. His doctoral research explored factors that contribute to project complexity and proposed a model to manage complexity. Dr. Herszon can communicate in English, French, Portuguese, German, and Spanish, and is also a several times Ironman triathlon finisher.
Andrew Prior, MBA, Executive Coach ICF and EMCC
Andrew Prior is an independent consultant specialising in organisational transformation using a complex adaptive systemicteam coaching approach. His roles in organisations includeengineering manager, project and program manager, product andbrand manager, entrepreneur, enterprise agile coach and Director. He is professor of team leadership at Eurecom, a French Graduate school (Grande École) and research centre in digital sciences and a learning facilitator for Leadership and Innovation with MIT Professional Education.
Andrew has 35 years of experience accompanying leaders and their teams in the process of transforming themselves and their organisations. He is currently researching transformative leadership and its impact on engagement within engineering and research organisations. Andrew works in English, French and Spanish. In his spare time you will find him in nature, either snorkelling in the sea or hiking mountains all year round.
