Better for the PM to not be a "know it all"...

Charles Dickens wrote in the classic "Hard Times": "If he had only learned a little less, how infinitely better he might have taught much more!"

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John Madden announced his retirement today. So what has that got to do with PMPs or becoming one? I will tell you that a search of the PMBoK 4th edition .pdf file for the word "coach" gets a first hit on page 41 where "...a primary function of a PMO is to support project managers in a variety of ways which may include ... Coaching, mentoring, training, and oversight". Isn't that neat, that we can look to John Madden as a role model?

If we Google Wikipedia, we find that "Coaching" includes motivational speaking, as well as the commonly presumed instruction and training activities. Sooo, as "coaches" are we not relating to the communication knowledge area of the PMBoK? I think we are.

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Watch football and become a better coach!