{"id":6502,"date":"2025-04-23T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retorika.fr\/2025\/04\/23\/project-management-a-lesson-from-john-travolta-and-la-fontaine\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:41:18","slug":"project-management-a-lesson-from-john-travolta-and-la-fontaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retorika.fr\/en\/2025\/04\/23\/project-management-a-lesson-from-john-travolta-and-la-fontaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Project management: a lesson from John Travolta and La Fontaine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6502\" class=\"elementor elementor-6502 elementor-5748\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-489e31f6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"489e31f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dc329d3\" data-id=\"3dc329d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f26138 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68f26138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do like John Travolta:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471fc826 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"471fc826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manage the obstacles in your projects!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-176143db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"176143db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2168a7b8\" data-id=\"2168a7b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c6aa978\" data-id=\"7c6aa978\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c63247f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c63247f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Virgil Benyayer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b756659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b756659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f8f183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f8f183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>When a project stalls&#8230;<\/h3><p>What do you do when a project stalls? What do you do when validation is slow in coming?<br>Actor<strong>John Travolta<\/strong> delivers an astonishing lesson in project and team management. <\/p><p>In an interview, he explains:<br><em><strong>&#8220;If I&#8217;m trying to finalize a deal with 7 people around a call (lawyers, agents&#8230;), I have a radar that alerts me to the person or people who are putting the deal at risk, and I then politely ask them to step aside.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br>A simple but powerful piece of advice: identify the obstacles and reorganize the group dynamic.<\/p><h4> <\/h4><h3>When you can&#8217;t get rid of a person<\/h3><p>Of course, some situations are trickier than others. What to do when the &#8220;blocking&#8221; person is a superior, a key client or even a family member?<br>Travolta answers:<br>&#8221; <strong><em>There&#8217;s always a way to handle the situation skilfully, and make them understand without offending or hurting their feelings.<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;<br>This is the art of good management: maintaining a balance between efficiency and human relations. <\/p><h3> <\/h3><h3>La Fontaine&#8217;s lesson: the fly in the ointment<\/h3><p>This reflection echoes Jean de La Fontaine&#8217;s fable, Le Coche et la Mouche. Horses struggle to pull a coche up a hill. An unwelcome fly, thinking itself useful, ends up taking credit for the success. This is the origin of the expression &#8221; <em>la mouche du coche<\/em> &#8220;: a useless, even harmful person who disrupts a project&#8230; while claiming ultimate success.   <\/p><h4> <\/h4><h3>How do you deal with these situations?<\/h3><p>Have you ever had to change roles within a project committee or team?<br>How did you deal with difficult stakeholders who risked jeopardizing a collective project?<br>What strategy do you use to prevent the &#8220;gadfly&#8221; from taking up too much space?<\/p><h4> <\/h4><h3>Learning the lesson<\/h3><p>The success of a project depends as much on strategy and organization as it does on the management of human relations. 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