Your PM Personality and Why It Matters

Abstract

Personality type doesnt sound like a topic with much relevance to program management. Most of my DAU students in the program management (PM) career path dont think a lot about the impact of their personality or management style until they begin to have problems on the job. Then it slowly dawns on them that their personality may be part of the problem as well as the way forward to a solution. Effectiveness in the acquisition workplace requires much more than just knowing what to do. You have to be able to apply your knowledge in a variety of complex situations where by the book solutions often fail. This gives rise to the knowing-doing gap or the inability to translate subject-matter expertise into workplace results. As a manager, your results depend much less on what you know and do, and much more on what your team knows and can do. Therein lies the link between personality and results. Your personality impacts your management style, and your management style impacts how you interact with your team to achieve results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1016000

Entities

People

  • Owen Gadeken

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Communities
  • Community Of Practice
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Indicators
  • Military Acquisition
  • Personality
  • Program Management
  • Students
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Strategic Security Studies