Have you ever worked on a project that ran into serious snags? Or a project that was canceled after significant time and expense? Or one that delivered an acceptable result, yet the people involved would have rather jumped off a cliff than work together again? How many of these situations were caused, at least in part, by people problems? In "Powerful Project Leadership" you'll find innovative approaches to working with people that enable you (and everyone) to do their best project work. This book will help you acquire a new toolkit for project success. You'll find yourself drawing from it often! "Powerful Project Leadership" provides: an interactive approach with exercises guide the reader in becoming a powerful project leader; real-life examples that show the reader how to develop and exercise powerful leadership skills; an effective approach to help project managers identify and address the root causes of problems faced during most work on projects; and, a solid integration of hard and soft skills. Use "Powerful Project Leadership" as a resource to: learn how to pay attention to early signs that something is going wrong on your project; develop practical approaches to stubborn, intractable, and utterly predictable problems on projects; improve the vital flow of information by addressing human problems and misunderstandings; encourage change at a deep level - within the individual, on the project, and within the organization; and, much more!
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About the Author
Wayne StriderÂ’s career spans 27 years, including 17 years with the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation and 10 years with Strider & Cline, Inc., which he co-founded. Strider & Cline is a management consulting firm offering project planning reviews, project implementation reviews, project retrospectives, and organizational assessments to information technology organizations.
Known for his ability to demystify the intersection between human and project management issues, Wayne helps executives, project managers, and technical professionals deal effectively with the inevitable human issues that can jeopardize the success of IT projects.
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I ordered this book right after it came out based on the recommendation of some colleagues I deeply respect. As I read thru it, the things in the book deeply resonated with me. It really "hit home" on all the points regarding people issues and communication, especially managing relationships to set reasonable expectations and build trust and credibility with customers, stakeholders, peer managers, and others in the project's "community."
Afterward reading thru the book, I felt so frustrated because if I'd only known this stuff two years earlier, the previous project I'd been on might have been moderately successful (even though I wasn't the project manager). Instead, that project was the most miserable, infuriating, and betraying experience of my adult life. If only I had know all this back then [sigh]... I was utterly clueless about the communication dimension of project leadership until I read this book.
I have since been able to apply the wisdom of "Powerful Project Leadership" to subsequent projects with much success. I consider it required reading for any project leader, including technical leaders as well as project managers (especially brand new ones)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Wayne Strider's book provides words for and recognizable characteristics of many common project problems. Powerful Project Leadership gives project managers of every experience level tools and road signs that enable them to recognize and address looming project issues before they become major events.
Communications and leadership challenges are explained in common language for easy recognition.
The book is an excellent read. I recognized a few pending issues with one of my projects on my first pass through the book.
I believe that this book is a "MUST HAVE" for any well-stocked project management library.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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What a terrific book! There are so few books in our business which focus on dealing with people issues, and even those seldom mention anything about understanding yourself. This is not just a book for project managers, project participants or IT people. Most of this book would be a real benefit to anyone who is trying to deal with being human. I started reading this book with high hopes, but the reality far exceeded them. I read it cover to cover in a couple of days.
In any kind of consulting work, most of the problems are from people issues. The studies all state that, as does the folklore. However, training seldom includes anything on how to handle the people issues that we all encounter. This book covers with these issues and includes exercises to help the reader learn. I wish I could make it required reading for every team I work on.
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zeroeth step, powerful project leadership, touch with this resource, best project work, furthering question, wisdom box, wishing wand, pressure tyrant, program office director, greasing the skids, detective hat, project retrospective, substitute for time, courage stick, troubled projects, issue logs, people components, real yes, learning partner, intake filters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scrumptious Serrano, Blue Chile Factory, Virginia Satir, Whom Does Your Project Need, Hudson's Bay Start, Palo Alto, Sizzling Serrano, Dorset House Publishing, The Satir Model, United States New!
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- Essentials of Software Project Management by Richard, Ph.D. Bechtold on page 81, and Back Matter
- The mythical man-month and other essays on software engineering by Frederick P Brooks on page 188, and Back Matter
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by Frederick P. Brooks on page 188, and Back Matter
- Making Contact by Virginia M. Satir on page 110, and Back Matter
- Problem Solving (Teacher Timesavers) by Jill Bennett in Front Matter
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- Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX by Phil Harkins in Back Matter
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