When I come into an organization as a new manager - which has happened on a couple of occasions - there is a process I like to go through in order to get to know my direct reports. It's important to get a feel for each individual's strengths and weaknesses, goals, training needs, perceptions of the organization's culture and what they see as changes that may need to occur. After all, one big change just happened - me - so change is in the air and now is the perfect time to suggest it.
When I think about how this applies to the new project team one has acquired as a result of taking on a new project it really isn't that different. Actually, the project manager probably works closer with and has more frequent supervision over and communication with his/her project team than a department manager does with the department team.
When I think about how this applies to the new project team one has acquired as a result of taking on a new project it really isn't that different. Actually, the project manager probably works closer with and has more frequent supervision over and communication with his/her project team than a department manager does with the department team.
