Having worked as a project manager for over 20 years, I have seen a general trend of our craft becoming more and more focused around KPIs, goals and performance. While these are not bad things, I personally believe that project management should revolve more around people and leadership. I think we all need to work on making project management more human again.

Those who have read my articles about leadership or listened to any of my talks know that for me, the human being is always in the center of attention. Yes, we need goals and KPIs and any of the leadership tools we learn about. However, these should be used more as decision-making tools and not result in punitive measures.

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