Leadership

Project and Human Capital Management

By: John McManus

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Paperback | 20 December 2005

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Success in project management requires the project manager to operate at many levels and deal with a myriad of internal and external stakeholders. Leadership in the project management requires the vision, ability and courage to guide individuals and teams to rewarding experiences.

Project Managers often expect to achieve a great deal, but need to realise they can achieve little without the efforts of others. This book focuses on the complexity and issues of leadership in project management.

The book provides:

assist project managers in their understanding of what leadership is and how leadership influences the outcome of project success
demonstrate how empowerment can be used to achieve results and positive project outcomes
demonstrate how to engage and influence others to achieve project goals
define the theoretical and practical boundaries of decision making within the context of multiple stakeholder projects
provide an insight into what it takes to build high performance project teams
provide a communication taxonomy for managing multiple stakeholders and demonstrates how conflict should be managed
Achieve your project management goals by providing clear leadership
Build and develop an effective project team
Demonstrates how to engage and influence stakeholders and team members to achieve project goals

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"Having spent 20 years of my career in project management and having delivered GBP100 million in earned value, I firmly believe that the project manager that flourishes will be the one which empowers team members, and allows them the freedom to speak their minds about what needs to be done and to take risks without reprisals." --John McManus

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Introduction to the Book	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Rocks	p. xi
Leadership and Team Building	p. 1
Why leadership in project management is crucial?	p. 1
Challenges in leadership	p. 4
Emerging issues in leadership	p. 7
Separating leadership from management	p. 9
Competencies and skills of leadership	p. 13
Followership and leadership	p. 16
Building teams	p. 18
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 21
Next chapter	p. 22
Chapter references	p. 22
Further reading	p. 23
Leadership and Team Development	p. 24
Building high-performance teams	p. 24
Empowering teams	p. 28
A model for empowerment	p. 30
Self-directed work teams	p. 31
Setting team objectives	p. 34
Ownership of the objective	p. 36
Mentoring, coaching, and team training	p. 37
Measuring and rewarding team performance	p. 42
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 50
Next chapter	p. 51
Chapter references	p. 52
Further reading	p. 52
Leadership and Decision Making	p. 53
The decision-making process	p. 53
Decision-making tools and techniques	p. 60
Decision-making strategies	p. 66
Decision making under certainty risk and uncertainty	p. 69
Decision audits and reviews	p. 72
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 73
Next chapter	p. 74
Chapter references and further reading	p. 75
Leadership Influence, Power and Conflict Management	p. 76
Influencing the leadership challenge	p. 76
Methods of influence and persuasion	p. 78
Influencing strategies, tactics, and styles	p. 81
The cultural power game in leadership	p. 84
Sources of power	p. 86
Managing with power	p. 89
Managing conflict	p. 91
Conflict resolution strategies	p. 95
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 96
Next chapter	p. 98
Chapter references	p. 99
Further reading	p. 99
Communication - The Leadership Interface	p. 100
The communication process	p. 100
Creating a communications strategy	p. 103
Communication skills	p. 107
Communication planning	p. 109
Barriers to communication	p. 112
Communication feedback and audits	p. 115
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 118
Next chapter	p. 119
Chapter references	p. 119
Further reading	p. 120
Ethics and Governance: A Leadership Perspective	p. 121
Ethics and leadership	p. 121
Ethics and moral rules of behaviour	p. 123
Ethics and the communication interface	p. 126
Governance	p. 128
Governance framework	p. 133
Governance problems and issues	p. 135
Chapter summary - 10 key points	p. 137
Next chapter	p. 138
Chapter references	p. 138
Further reading	p. 138
Essays in Leadership	p. 139
Essay No. 1: Personal leadership	p. 139
Essay No. 2: Leading virtual teams	p. 152
Essay No. 3: Evolutionary leadership	p. 157
Essay No. 4: Team building without time wasting	p. 165
Essay No. 5: Distinguishing teams from work groups is critical	p. 170
Biographies	p. 175
Examples of Professional codes of Ethics	p. 178
Glossary of Terms	p. 184
Index	p. 192
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Leadership

Project and Human Capital Management

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

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