How The ‘Know-Who’ Factor Keeps Your Project Team Off Life Support
As a kid, when it came to picking members for a kickball team, I learned to either be the one doing the picking, or be picked last. So I got to be a pretty good picker. Or so I thought. I picked those people who could kick the ball the furthest. It was all about offense.
We do the same when putting together a project team. If I am building a widget, I want the best widget minds in the room.
While the best widgeters may be critical for the success of the project, so too are people with organizational knowledge. Every organization has people who know how to get things done within their specific organization. And no matter how important your project team, it’s not self-sufficient. It depends on the rest of the organization for funding, time, supplies, etc.
Don’t forget about defense! Make sure you include at least one person with know-who. If your team lacks the know-who factor, it will eventually starve.
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