6 ways to run your project like Elon Musk. Elon Musk has had lots of success over the years and there is lots he can teach us about how to do projects better. This slideshow is a summary of the article written on ProjectNewsToday.com and shows 6 ways to run your project like Elon Musk. http://projectnewstoday.com/elon-musk-project-management/

1. HOW TO GET PROJECTS
DONE
The Elon Musk Way
This is a summary of the article written by Barry
Hodge on ProjectNewsToday.com

2. –Elon Musk
“For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.”

3. 6 WAYSTO RUNYOUR
PROJECT LIKE ELON MUSK
• Communication
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Powerful Mental Models
• First Principles
• Be Prepared

4. COMMUNICATION
• Talk to whoever you need
to
• On your project if you need
to speak to someone to get
something done go and
speak to them
• There is no need for project
teams to communicate
through the project manager

5. LEADERSHIP
• Hire project team members
who are smarter than you
• Do not go with the flow-
challenge the status quo
• Focus on your foundation
first- understand the
fundamentals of what you’re
doing

6. NEGOTIATION
• Stand up for your project
• Do not put your project at
risk by allowing senior
executives to bully
timescales

7. POWERFUL MENTAL MODELS
• Inspire and motivate project
team members
• Communicate project vision
and benefits
• Keep an eye on the project
big picture

8. FIRST PRINCIPLES
• Projects can become very
complicated and lose their
way
• Do what Elon Musk does
and focus on first principles
• Understand the basics of
what you are doing build
from there

9. BE PREPARED
• All project meetings should be a very
high standard
• There should be a purpose for the
meeting and an agenda
• There should be a record of all the
actions and decisions made in the
meeting
• All project team members should
prepare for every meeting
• Contribute and make the most of
the time together

10. 6 WAYSTO RUNYOUR
PROJECT LIKE ELON MUSK
• Communication
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Powerful Mental Models
• First Principles
• Be Prepared

11. ProjectNewsToday.com
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