Nicholas Calcanes grew up in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida and went to West Virginia Wesleyan College on a football scholarship. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in both Economics and Government and built a successful career in sales with The Prudential, before moving over to work at Bank of America. Nicholas Calcanes is currently the Chief Information Officer at the Bank of America’s headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Working at the bank, he has successfully managed several projects and offers these tips for new project managers.
Be a Team Player
If you want your team to succeed, you will need to be an effective team player. You will need to learn how to recognize your team’s talents and optimize their expertise. Be open to asking your team for help when you need it, in some cases when you are unable to come up with a working solution to a problem, one of your team members might have the right solution. Don’t just be the project manager, be a team player.
Understand Your Project Management Tool
If you are using a project management software, you will need to understand how it works. You will need to optimize the software and encourage your team to participate in using it to the maximum. If you are overlooking the project schedule, you will need to go over it over and over again to ensure that things are going according to plan.
Take Responsibility
As the project manager, you will need to take full responsibility for the project you are working on. It is your responsibility to oversee every detail of the project. While you don’t have to do everything yourself, you most certainly need to delegate responsibility to your team and oversee things.
Nicholas Calcanes was the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and directed all aspects of compliance and operational risk programs at Bank of America.
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If you want your team to succeed, you will need to be an effective team player. You will need to learn how to recognize your team’s talents and optimize their expertise. Be open to asking your team for help when you need it, in some cases when you are unable to come up with a working solution to a problem, one of your team members might have the right solution. Don’t just be the project manager, be a team player.
Understand Your Project Management Tool
If you are using a project management software, you will need to understand how it works. You will need to optimize the software and encourage your team to participate in using it to the maximum. If you are overlooking the project schedule, you will need to go over it over and over again to ensure that things are going according to plan.
Take Responsibility
As the project manager, you will need to take full responsibility for the project you are working on. It is your responsibility to oversee every detail of the project. While you don’t have to do everything yourself, you most certainly need to delegate responsibility to your team and oversee things.
Nicholas Calcanes was the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and directed all aspects of compliance and operational risk programs at Bank of America.
