PMP: note about PMP examination (version 4). Look Inside
Leadership vs Management
Leader and Manager have opposed but highly intertwined tasks. These brief notes try to help discovering it.
| Property | Leader | Manager |
| Time | Future | Present |
| Task | What: Do the Right Thing | How: Do the Thing Rightly |
| Objective | Health, Strenght | Wealth, Prosperity |
| Number | Odd | Even |
Thus, using the Lucky Quadrant as a model:
- Odd Trigrams belong to Leader
- Even Trigrams belong to Manager
Leading to 4 properties each, that characterize Good Leaders and Good Managers.
Leadership Characteristics
The Odd Trigrams lead the properties of a Good Leader
| Characteristic | Ba Gua | Underpinning Skill |
| Magnetize | 7. Creativity (Joy) | Ingenuity, New Concepts |
| Convince | 1. Career (Depth) | Reasoning and Modelize Situations |
| Trustness | 3. Health (Strength) | Demonstrate Common Sense, Foresight |
| Repute | 9. Fame (Integrity) | Coherence, Foresight |
Manager Characteristics
As opposite, the Even Trigrams lead the properties of Good Manager.
| Characteristic | ba Gua | Underpinning Skill |
| Accuracy | 8. Knowledge (Stillness) | Describing Situation, Number Modelling |
| Orientation to Results | 4. Wealth (Gratitude) | Trip Vision, Trustness |
| Paying Attention | 2. Love (Receptivity) | Understanding practical situation and people |
| Taking Advantage | 6. Helpful (Synchronicity) | Ask Help, Evaluating People |
