Multi-Chapter | Overcoming Fear as the PM

Leadership = Power Skills

Fear is an ever-present, often unacknowledged factor on virtually every project. Whether admitted or not, sponsors and key stakeholders are fearful, team members are worried about delivering what is needed, and then there is the PM! They have their own fears, and have to deal with everyone else’s fears as well!

While that sounds like torture, there are easy-to-deploy ways to address this…and stay sane. The key is to recognize that fear is present, identify its sources, focus on facts, and realize that the ominous voice in your head often lies. We’ll discuss how best to do this in this interactive presentation.

 Learning Takeaways:

  • Identify the common sources of fear
    • Those you CAN address
    • Those you CAN’T address
  • Compiling facts to counter fears
  • Understanding that fear is an acronym!
  • Dealing with the doubtful voice in your head!

Speakers

Bob McGannon

Bob McGannon
Co-Founder / Director Intelligent Disobedience Leadership
Bob is the co-founder and director of Intelligent Disobedience Leadership Pty Ltd. He specializes in advanced leadership techniques, entrepreneurship, and strategic project and portfolio management. Bob has over 30 courses on LinkedIn Learning and coaches inexperienced to advanced business leaders from more than 15 countries with various industry backgrounds. Bob has more than 30 years of I/T, project management, business analysis, and operational leadership experience, 18 of those years as a manager in the IBM Corporation. Bob is a certified Project Management Professional and was a certified Executive Project Manager with IBM.

  

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Information

Type of category: Public Events

Type of activity: Leadership = Power Skills

Date: August 4th, 2026

Hour: 6:00PM to 7:00PM

PDUs:1

Price

Members: $5.00

Non members: $10.00

Location

Virtual