IPMA CCT: Show the world you are a Recognised Consultant, Coach, or Trainer in Project Management
An interview with Andrzej Gajewski, Trainer certified at IPMA level B and Consultant&Coach certified at IPMA level C.
Andrzej Gajewski has been involved in Project Management for over 20 years. In various roles, from Project Manager through Programme Manager to Head of Project Management and management of strategic projects and programmes. He has delivered over 50 initiatives of all sizes, from IT through finance and banking, construction, hospitality and tourism to manufacturing and logistics. Andrzej enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience as a trainer, coach and mentor in project management and trainer of Visual Thinking at ProPM Project Management. In my day-to-day practice at Trans.eu Group SA (owner of the Road Transport Platform), I combine business projects with Agile and SAFe approaches. I am fascinated by turquoise organisations and Management 3.0.
Where did it all start?
In the life of probably every PM, there comes a reflection that it would be a good idea to share one’s project knowledge by passing it directly to people and organisations. Why? To help them develop and to empower Project Managers and organisations, thereby influencing projects and their delivery. This is where my interest in IPMA CCT certification came from.
For me, it was an obvious and natural step in competence development after the individual certification path (IPMA-4-L-C).
What are my impressions of the CCT process?
First of all, it is a challenge to:
- Stop and reflect on ongoing training, counseling or mentoring activities.
- Structure your knowledge, rethink your criteria, match and compare them to the IPMA CCT competences (ICB4CCT) – self-reflection.
- Notice your strengths as well as areas for improvement and focus.
The challenge is also to prepare the case descriptions to reflect and prove the use of the competences.
This is rounded off by a conversation with the assessors, full of curiosity and in-depth questions, which also serves as a basis for reflection and potential improvement. All of this is rounded off with objective and comprehensive feedback, which is a driving force and fuel for further work.
For me, certification is an objective confirmation that what I do is professional and represents quality for my current and future clients.
With a warm heart, I recommend this path, if only to receive feedback for the activities one carries out.
What do I do outside of PMing?
I play the guitar, listen to a huge amount of music and do sketchnoting & visual thinking. I love doing it and you can see my ‘artwork’ on the blog Jamaluje.pl
On 27th January, the Polish CB organised the first IPMA CCT certification round. The first candidate Andrzej Gajewski passed Trainer certification at IPMA level B and Consultant&Coach certification at IPMA level C.
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Projects led by Andrzej are always well-structurized and organized with key roles properly defined. He’s a detail-oriented PM with wide scope of goal he’s obliged to achieve. Simultaneously he keeps the proper balance between tough methodology and common sense. Both aspects are always is a key factors of the final success of the projects he does.
I worked with Andrzej on many projects in the areas of after-sales service and back office. Together we carried Customer Portal or changes in accounting. Andrzej has a strong business attitude. The main thing for him is the realization of business objectives currently looking for the best solutions and the fastest possible implementation. Andrzej is able to unite a team and focus its work on the set goals. Great deal with problems and conflicts. I would recommend Andrzej as one of the best project managers I’ve worked with.
I had a true pleasure to work with Andrzej as a Project Manager. It was big project connected with monitoring and collection process.
Andrzej is a final result oriented professional and very committed to any subject.
Way to manage the project by Andrzej is worth of admirable, he is ready to deal with difficult situations and solve the problems on time.
Andrzej is a dedicated, ambitious and result driven person.
Andrzej is a walking encyclopedia and knowledge compendium about project management and PM news (Agile). I cooperated with him during implementation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. Andrzej had deserved particularl recognition from Project Steering Comitee for monitoring budget, schedule and providing valuable information throughEarned Value analysis. Always honest and helpful it’s a pleasure to work with Andrzej.
It was a big pleasure for me to work with Andrzej. He is a very good colleague and a strong team player with extensive PM knowledge and skills. Andrzej is also a very goal-oriented professional, both with respect to project and portfolio management and the organisation as a whole.
Jeżeli miarą świetnego trenera jest umiejętność sprawienia, że po zakończonym szkoleniu kursanci chcą dalej rozwijać się w danym kierunku albo wręcz zainspirowania ich do zmiany, to Andrzej Gajewski jest fenomenalny. Swoim profesjonalizmem, kompetencjami i luzem wydobywa z kursantów 100% aktywności. Mam nadzieję, na kolejne spotkania.
Uczestnictwo w szkoleniach prowadzonych przez Andrzeja to była czysta przyjemność! Wiedza przekazywana w bardzo dobry sposób. Zawsze można było liczyć na pełne zaangażowanie Andrzeja w projekt. Mnóstwo cennych uwag. Andrzeja cechuje profesjonalizm, sumienność, komunikatywność oraz ogromna wiedza na temat zarządzania projektami.
Andrzej was a pleasure to work with. He’s an excellent project manager – extremely knowledgeable, possessing extensive business experience, highly organized and involved. Moreover, dealing with co-workers he is totally reliable in explaining complex issues and managing expectations and deliverables in a highly organised, efficient and sympathetic manner. He has highly developed interpersonal skills; manages teams effectively – inspires, motivates & makes a project team highly efficient & involved. He also operates well in a constantly changing business environment and displays a creative and flexible approach to problems and challenges – he searches for and creates new solutions. It was an inspiring experience to work with Andrzej. I do hope we will have a chance to work again. I highly recommend working with him.
I worked with Andrzej about 1 year but during that short period of time I noticed he is a person who gets things done. Always focused, competent and entusiastic. A man you can trust and rely on.
Andrzej is one of the most competent and efficient project managers that I have every worked with. He is very easy to work with, and has a wealth of experience in project management.