Project Leadership

The Project Manager: Life Is a Project is a business fable designed to teach listeners how to apply simple project management techniques to their daily lives to become more organized and reach their goals.

Author Andrew Harmel-Law shows you how architects and development teams can collaborate to create and evolve more efficient architectures for their systems. Techniques in this book will help you learn how to create a mindset that allows everyone to practice architecture and build the best systems they've ever experienced.

Are you tired of being stuck in the “task manager” zone when you know you were born to LEAD? Are you ready to stop juggling chaos and start commanding clarity? Then this is the book the industry has been waiting for. And you just found it. Whether you're a new project manager wondering where to start or a seasoned pro preparing to lead multi-million-dollar portfolios, this is your ultimate, career-defining blueprint.

Steve Case was on the leading edge of the Internet revolution when he cofounded AOL in 1991. He was an entrepreneur in a business that hadn't even been invented, yet he saw how significantly his efforts could change not only America but the world. In The Third Wave, Case uses his insights garnered from nearly four decades of working as an innovator, investor, and businessperson to chart a path for future visionaries.

Are you looking for the most productive ways to elevate your business and execute your projects faster? Look no further, Agile is for you and this is the audiobook for you to learn about Agile! This audiobook is intended to provide an understanding of how to fit agile methodologies into an overall business strategy that provides the right balance of control and agility for your business, for all listeners (and, in particular, business leaders). Get ready for swifter and more productive businesses and projects!

Unlock the Future of Leadership with AI In AI-Powered Leadership — Revolutionize Your Business Strategy with Generative AI, discover how cutting-edge AI technologies like ChatGPT can transform your approach to leadership and strategic decision-making. This book provides actionable frameworks and real-world case studies from top executives who have successfully leveraged AI to drive innovation, improve customer engagement, and lead their companies to new heights. What You Will Learn: How to integrate generative AI into high-level decision-making processes Frameworks for transforming ...

Risk isn’t just about threat; it’s also about opportunity. You have to be ready to take advantage of the most unexpected events — good or bad — with any project you are managing. But how does this work in practice? The Active Threat and Opportunity Management (ATOM) methodology offers a simple, scalable risk process that applies to all projects in all industries and business sectors. For each process step, the authors offer practical advice, hints, and tips on how to get the most out of the risk management process.

Corporate cultures, global mind-sets, and employee priorities are changing, which means that management and human resources departments must also evolve. To ensure that teams are well-crafted, motivated, and successful, managers and HR professionals must step outside their comfort zone and adapt to younger, newer ways of thinking - they must become Agile.

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant new reality. Think of how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to an enormously successful product launch in eleven months. But such successes are the exception. Consider how London’s Crossrail project delivered five years late and billions over budget. More modest endeavours, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why?

There’s nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting - except when it leads to another unproductive meeting. Yet every day millions of people conduct meetings - in person or online - without the critical understanding or formal training on how to plan and lead them effectively. This book offers a structured method to ensure that meetings will produce clear and actionable results. Meetings that are profitable and productive ultimately lead to fewer meetings. This book offers leaders a significant edge by

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of project management principles, processes, and tools, integrating the use of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance efficiency in communication, planning, monitoring, and execution. The book will cover the project management lifecycle, team management, task prioritization, risk management, and leveraging AI for enhanced decision-making. This book balances theoretical project management concepts with practical applications of ChatGPT to enhance productivity and decision-making in various phases of a project.

Todos tienen que enfrentarse todos los días a dilemas importantes: ¿Dónde hay que poner las prioridades y por dónde hay que empezar? Ahora ya disponemos de un método seguro para responder: el Sprint. El diseñador Jake Knapp creó este proceso de cinco días en Google, donde los sprints se empleaban para todo tipo de proyectos, desde el Google Search hastaGoogle X. En Google Ventures empezó a trabajar con Braden Kowitz y John Zeratsky y los tres han conducido más de cien sprints con empresas del sector de la telefonía móvil, del comercio electrónico, la sanidad, las finanzas y otros.

Tim Stevens traveled an alternative road—leaving high school and immediately joining a national non-profit organization. He rose quickly through the ranks of leadership, but nine years later left it all behind to help an upstart church get its footing. During the 20 years Stevens served as Executive Pastor at Granger Community Church near South Bend, Indiana, the ministry grew from a congregation of 300 to more than 5,000; from a staff of five to more than 130; with a preschool, restaurant, three campuses and more than 1,800 new churches planted in southern India.

Seventy-five percent of organizations rank leadership skills as most important for successful projects - the Project Management Institute. You can make well over $100,000 with experience and leadership - ProjectManager.com. Effective project managers are the experts that companies want to hire - and top team members want to work for.

The ability to relentlessly identify and mitigate risk. That is the key to high-performance project teams. This audiobook focuses on the fundamentals: simple structures and practices, applied with rigor. These are the tools you need to avoid the late changes that kill project schedules. Underlying all of them are four principles: accountability, transparency, integrity, and commitment. Risk up Front is designed to turn these principles into practice.

The Strategy Implementation Gap is a guide for executives on how to have a sustainable approach to the right people doing the right things in the right way to achieve the right results.

You may be a project manager or a stakeholder with "street smarts". Maybe you have expertise in the nuts and bolts of project execution. Or you might be a "book smart" expert on the rules and tools of the trade. Whatever your strengths, most project managers agree it's a juggling act to balance people and processes. Nearly every project requires a balance of both practical and conceptual skills. Now you can fill in the gaps to gain a perfect balance of the two.

Una de las claves del éxito del liderazgo está literalmente dentro de ti: tu capacidad para mostrarte amable con los demás mientras realizas tus tareas cotidianas. Con una elevada rotación de la mano de obra y una estabilidad en cuestión de retención de los empleados no hay mejor momento para asegurarse de que los líderes muestran amabilidad para retener a los empleados. En este libro esencial sobre liderazgo descubrirá: • Definiciones de amabilidad • 12 razones por las que la gente deja su trabajo • Hoja de consejos con medidas para los dirigentes • 17 Actividades de ...

Nada es más inspirador que una ambiciosa visión que se convierte en una realidad triunfante: el Empire State Building pasó de ser un boceto a cambiar el skyline de Nueva York en tan solo veintiún meses. Sin embargo, la mayoría de las veces las grandes visiones se convierten en auténticas pesadillas: según las estadísticas, un asombroso 92 por ciento de los megaproyectos superan el presupuesto o el cronograma, o ambas cosas. Incluso los esfuerzos más modestos, como emprender un pequeño negocio, suelen fracasar.

What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized leaders such as General George S. Patton to study his principles—and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? What lessons can today's project managers and leaders learn from Napoleon's successes and failures? Napoleon on Project Management explores the key principles behind Napoleon's successes, the triggers that led to his downfall, and the lessons to be learned from his ultimate demise—and applies these lessons to modern-day project management and leadership at all levels.