On an open area of a plant site a steel mill with a melting oven and continuous casting will be built. The operator composes a responsible team for construction. Communication at the building site and construction of the buildings proceed with great difficulty. Executives are educated as project managers by a German company. To transfer theoretical knowledge of project management into practical construction operation German coaches support Russian construction managers in their responsible work.
Description: To manage the large-scale project a Project Management Office (PMO) should be established. The operator rejects this. The management of risks, of schedule, of schedule changes and of costs incumbent the Project Manager. It was targeted due to team coaching by the project manager and the employees, who were responsible for their suppliers and performance surveillance, to relieve the project manager in its many administrative tasks by autonomous action.
My task: The employees who were responsible for supplier and monitoring surveillance were not trained with the basics of project management. Due to coaching measure basics, which were voted on the personal abilities of the employee principles, project management was mediated. The scope was restricted to the respective responsibilities and the lack of skills of the employee.
Due to time pressure micro-management and troubleshooting were operated in collaboration with the project management in addition to the coaching job during the project in order and to clean up precarious date situations which the responsible employee could not afford because of lack of skills and knowledge.
My procedure: There were coaching interviews with interpreters. Against this background it was a challenge to communicate with sufficient respect and recognition. For me it was not checkable whether the Russian translation considered all necessary meanings and interpretations of the spoken word. Only the mood, duct and body language during the coaching sessions were factors that were transferred unfiltered to the coaches.