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by Benny A. Recine
MBA, PMP, PMOC, CAMS
Contributing writer for Empowering Today’s ProfessionalsLamplighter Newsletter

A little over 3 years ago, I heard a speaker at The Breakfast Club NJ discuss the need of a personal board for objective guidance. 


You may ask, “Can a spouse provide that?�?.  If you’re looking for objective feedback, especially advice that comes from individuals in your field of work, then a spouse may not provide the appropriate feedback response you need. I will say this once and only once. I am NOT encouraging anyone to seek advice from a person other than his or her spouse. On the contrary, I encourage a person to be transparent about the need of a board in one’s field of work.

Once I understood MY need for a board, I then went through my contact list to find out who I could ask to be in My Board. My need was and still is to review my career as a senior project manager and establish the steps needed to accomplish that need.

The board I formed consisted of five (5) individuals; 1) A PMO Manager, 2) a senior vice president in his professional service organization, 3) a senior project manager and 4/5) two coaches. 

One coach worked in
The Breakfast Club NJ, an organization that has a lot of members in the Information Technology field. The other coach was a former senior manager NOT from the IT field, because I wanted to receive diverse opinions. Why did I have two coaches? Mainly because one of them is a former coach of mine and has no issue with offering objective feedback. This is my way of ensuring diverse and objective feedback from my board.

All my board members provided invaluable and objective feedback in the years that ensued. In the three-year period, three board members had to depart for various personal or professional reasons. So, I needed to replace a senior PM, a senior executive, and one coach. When I thought about it further, I realized that I needed only one capable coach on my board and I have that person already. So I invited another senior project manager and one IT executive to be on my board. They both graciously accepted. What I will do soon is send a “meet and greet�? email to my board with a short introduction from each member. I will then have my first meeting scheduled.

Putting together one’s own board takes time and effort. I established the mission of the board geared to how it can effectively provide productive feedback to me. I am currently putting my professional “roadmap�? together and I will be sharing that and my thoughts with my board.

I believe that this will be a fruitful year for me!

About the Author
Benny A. Recine is a PMI certified Senior Program/Project Manager with extensive leadership experience. Benny has led project teams as the program manager on international and domestic projects providing solutions and services. Mr. Racine led team implementing ASP and license products. His teams have increased revenue for his organization, while keeping costs in-check.  Benny has managed projects and project teams as the program manager for Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries. 

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