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Download or read book Successfully Managing Project Manager's Mid-Career Crisis written by Ilango Vasudevan and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to all my fellow project managers who are out there to create a wonderful world for others through their project contribution (15 PDU course for PMP, PgMP and ACP)A successful project manager would have managed the success amidst uncertainty and risks. However, when it comes to their career, it is a different ball game. It is natural that project manager is likely to face a broken career compared to their counterparts in operations. Bench period, discontinued projects, not sure about next projects, work-life balance, keeping up relevant to the market are some of the challenges faced by a project manager, more so during mid-career. There are more questions than answers about sustaining their success. It is common among professionals in their 40's, who have around 15 years of experience, when there is significant change in social side of life, unexpected health conditions not allowing to continue as in past, when your job feels no more relevant, when your boss prefers to talk to the team directly, a promotion that takes longer than usual and more. First please note that you are not alone, and the good news is, from this point onwards, you can design your second innings that can be more successful that what you can imagine and rewarding than what you can think of. It is just a point in time to reflect on the past and plan the future. There are thousands of project managers who have successfully navigated the mid-career crisis. This book provides the context and following learning objectives to tide over the mid-career crisis:Ability to define what is mid-career crisis and few methods to confirm that we are experiencing a one;Understanding why mid-career crisis may be more relevant and prevalent in project management profession;Learn about the challenges related to project management career and ability to identify your situation with that of what others have experienced;Ability to list the options available to tide over the mid-career crisis for a project management professional;Ability to plot one or more of the options; andLearn about what kind of preparation is needed to pursue the options.