The People-Centered Approach

Using a people-centered approach to projects — defined as a holistic approach that addresses the basic human principle to improve health and life for all people — can positively impact productivity, profitability, and project outcomes.

In a rapidly shifting and competitive market, a people-centered approach allows more room for innovation and the ability to get it right again and again.

Promote a Healthy Environment, Attract Quality Talent, and Get the Job Done

Projects are easy. It is the team dynamics that create the challenges project leaders face. Too often, teams are made up of both members and a leader who is stressed, overworked, and overwhelmed … none of which helps a project move smoothly. A people-centered approach recognizes that mental wellness is a core business need.

Health Well Done (HWD) coaching focuses on creating and nurturing a common culture of people-centric management and leadership development to help a new generation of A/E/C professionals look beyond budget and schedule which creates:

1. Successful people-centered environments and projects.
2. A focus on human performance in collective thought and team collaboration.
3. A default approach of putting people in the center of decisions that get made about the places and spaces where people spend time.
4. A culture of health — for people and the planet — when building environments.

Does Your Project Need the Healthy Project Coach?

Becoming truly people-centered is a different journey for every team. Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer, aka the Healthy Project Coach, works closely with both individuals and teams to develop a custom program that helps individuals fully step into their roles and cultivate these high-impact skills to make a difference:

• Building relationships though empathy, rapport, and self-control.
• Communicating effectively.
• Resolving conflicts.
• Leveraging diversity.
• Persuading and positively influencing others.

Everything we do is based on three Guiding Principles …