Churchill: The PM Series Wrap-Up (Part 1 of 2)

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Churchill: The PM Series Wrap-Up (Part 1 of 2)

Mark Kozak-Holland

November 3, 2008






Most people are very familiar with Winston Churchill but may not be familiar with his “agile” approach to project management and his skills as a PM in the summer of 1940. Part 24 looked at the sequence of historical events in September 1940 for the utilization and the effectiveness of Churchill’s solution. To date it had performed well and proven its value. This article wraps up the series, the transformation project and solution, and highlights learning lessons for today’s projects, and what you can take away.
 
In today’s world as projects face an increasing environment of continuous change agile leadership is important. The characteristics of agile leaders were introduced through the series where the focus was on Churchill’s characteristics and background.
 
Lesson 1: Find opportunities to establish credibility
Churchill, a historian, understood in the 1930s what was happening on the world stage with the rise of fascism.



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