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Advising Upwards

Author : Lynda Bourne
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317184955
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Advising Upwards written by Lynda Bourne and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about leadership and team building, but there are still major gaps in thinking and research about how to engage senior stakeholders in support of an organisation's projects. The central role of stakeholders in the successful delivery of organisational strategy is becoming increasingly recognised, as is the importance of developing a sponsor culture to support more collaborative practices within the organisation. Building, and managing, relationships with senior (upwards) stakeholders is essential for success. Advising Upwards brings together the ideas of experts in fields related to engaging senior stakeholders, such as risk management, decision-making, understanding cultural considerations, effective communication and other disciplines that may enhance the sustainable engagement of senior stakeholders. The starting point is an examination of the difficulties that senior managers face as they move through the ranks of an organisation from middle management to executive levels. Senior managers usually move up through the organisation on the basis of command and control management. Once in the executive ranks they must develop a more collaborative approach and adopt the principles of emotional intelligence (EQ) to succeed. Awareness of difficulties that senior stakeholders may face drives effective approaches for communication between the team and sponsors. Case studies and stories from experts illustrate practical, structured approaches that enable the teams to develop robust relationships with senior stakeholders will result in teams 'being heard', and support their 'being extraordinary' through innovative approaches to advising upwards.

Advising Upwards

Author : Lynda Bourne
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317184963
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Advising Upwards written by Lynda Bourne and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about leadership and team building, but there are still major gaps in thinking and research about how to engage senior stakeholders in support of an organisation's projects. The central role of stakeholders in the successful delivery of organisational strategy is becoming increasingly recognised, as is the importance of developing a sponsor culture to support more collaborative practices within the organisation. Building, and managing, relationships with senior (upwards) stakeholders is essential for success. Advising Upwards brings together the ideas of experts in fields related to engaging senior stakeholders, such as risk management, decision-making, understanding cultural considerations, effective communication and other disciplines that may enhance the sustainable engagement of senior stakeholders. The starting point is an examination of the difficulties that senior managers face as they move through the ranks of an organisation from middle management to executive levels. Senior managers usually move up through the organisation on the basis of command and control management. Once in the executive ranks they must develop a more collaborative approach and adopt the principles of emotional intelligence (EQ) to succeed. Awareness of difficulties that senior stakeholders may face drives effective approaches for communication between the team and sponsors. Case studies and stories from experts illustrate practical, structured approaches that enable the teams to develop robust relationships with senior stakeholders will result in teams 'being heard', and support their 'being extraordinary' through innovative approaches to advising upwards.

The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit

Author : Randall Englund
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 152309706X
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit by : Randall Englund

Download or read book The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit written by Randall Englund and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here Are the Tools to Achieve Project Management Success Buy both The Complete Project Manager and The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit and save $18 at checkout by entering coupon code COMBO1. This companion to The Complete Project Manager provides the tools you need to integrate key people, organizational, and technical skills. The core book establishes that success in any environment depends largely upon completing successful projects; this book gives you the means and methods to meet that goal. The hands-on, action-oriented tools in this book will help you develop a complete set of skills—the right set for you to excel in today's competitive environment. The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit will enable you to implement the easy-to-understand, universal, powerful, and immediately applicable concepts presented in The Complete Project Manager. You may already be aware of what you need to do; this book supplies the how through: • Assessments • Checklists • Exercises • Examples of real people applying the concepts. Use these tested methods to overcome environmental, personal, social, organizational, and business barriers to successful project management! Although The Complete Project Manager can be used as a stand-alone book, it is designed to complement The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills.

Advances in Project Management

Author : Darren Dalcher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131718517X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Project Management written by Darren Dalcher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the evidence of the authors of Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Unchartered Territory, there is a sea change coming. That change will affect the way projects are perceived, lead and governed, particularly in the context of the wider organisation to which they belong; whether that is in the public, private or not-for-profit sectors. Many organisations have struggled to apply the traditional models of project management to their new projects in the global environment. Anecdotal and evidence-based research confirms that projects continue to fail at an alarming rate. A major part of the build-up to failure is often the lack of adequate project management knowledge and experience. Advances in Project Management covers key areas of improvement in understanding and project capability further up the management chain; amongst strategy and senior decision makers and amongst professional project and programme managers. This collection, drawn from some of the world’s leading practitioners and researchers and compiled by Professor Darren Dalcher of the National Centre for Project Management, provides those people and organisations who are involved with the developments in project management with the kind of structured information, new approaches and novel perspectives that will inform their thinking and their practice and improve their decisions.

The New Advisor Guidebook

Author : Pat Folsom
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118823419
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The New Advisor Guidebook written by Pat Folsom and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exciting time to be an academic advisor—a time in which global recognition of the importance of advising is growing, research affirms the critical role advising plays in student success, and institutions of higher education increasingly view advising as integral to their missions and essential for improving the quality of students' educational experiences. It is essential that advisors provide knowledgeable, realistic counsel to the students in their charge. The New Advisor Guidebook helps advisors meet this challenge. The first and final chapters of the book identify the knowledge and skills advisors must master. These chapters present frameworks for setting and benchmarking self-development goals and for creating self-development plans. Each of the chapters in between focuses on foundational content: the basic terms, concepts, information, and skills advisors must learn in their first year and upon which they will build over the lengths of their careers. These chapters include strategies, questions, guidelines, examples, and case studies that give advisors the tools to apply this content in their work with students, from demonstrations of how student development theories might play out in advising sessions to questions advisors can ask to become aware of their biases and avoid making assumptions about students to a checklist for improving listening, interviewing, and referral skills. The book covers various ways in which advising is delivered: one-to-one, in groups, and online. The New Advisor Guidebook serves as an introduction to what advisors must know to do their jobs effectively. It pairs with Academic Advising Approaches: Strategies That Teach Students to Make the Most of College, also from NACADA, which presents the delivery strategies successful advisors can use to help students make the most of their college experience.

Intelligent Disobedience

Author : Bob McGannon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351713299
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Intelligent Disobedience written by Bob McGannon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obeying all of the rules rarely generates breakthrough business performance because it does not generate new approaches. Breaking the rules randomly does not work either. Intelligent disobedience values improved business performance over compliance with the rules, when conditions permit. This is the essence of intelligent disobedience: knowing when and how to break, bend, or invent new rules to get better outcomes. This book promotes enhanced performance by promoting a higher form of ethics. Intelligent disobedience seeks to surface hidden truth and to produce actions that are of higher integrity to yield superior results. The book guides the reader to evaluate their work environment, current business results, and risk, to determine if, when, and how acting with intelligent disobedience can enhance their business outcomes and their career. Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference between Good and Great Leaders seeks to: enhance the reader’s business success; help the reader examine methods for proposing potentially unpopular directions or opinions; propose a decision-making process for when the reader should "bend or break the rules" – leveraging common sense over common processes on an exception basis; guide the reader to determine instances in which improved outcomes are better than ensuring compliance with corporate norms or management directions. This rich and sophisticated book interweaves real-life experiences from successful leaders with the themes of human psychology, ethics, decision making, delegation, communicating upwards and downwards ... Everything the senior manager needs to survive and thrive in a complex, uncertain, ambiguous, and fast-changing world.

The Complete Project Manager

Author : Randall Englund
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523098414
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Project Manager written by Randall Englund and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Project Manager, 2nd Edition updates a respected textbook on project management soft skills to include project management's most vital new trends: agile methods, delivering business value, respecting ethics, and managing diversity. This is a classic, bestselling, practical guide that addresses the "soft" project management skills that are so essential to successful project, program, and portfolio management. Through a storytelling approach, the authors explain the necessary skills and how to use them to create an environment that supports project success. They demonstrate both the "why" and the "how" of creatively applying soft project management skills in the areas of leadership, conflict resolution, negotiations, change management, and more. This second edition features new sections on ethics, business analysis, agile project management, managing across generations and between cultures, and more. Skills like leadership, negotiations, conflict management, and navigating organizational politics have always been important for project managers who want to succeed. Now the authors show how you can adjust and hone those skills given the forces and trends in today's business world.

Making Projects Work

Author : Lynda Bourne
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482206676
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Making Projects Work written by Lynda Bourne and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects are performed by people for people, with the key determinants of success being the relationships between project teams and project stakeholders. This web of relationships will either enable or obstruct the flow of information between people and, as a consequence, will largely determine project success or failure. Making Projects Work: Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management provides a framework for understanding and managing the factors required for achieving successful project and program outcomes. It presents guidelines to help readers develop an understanding of governance and its connection to strategy as the starting point for deciding what work needs to be done. Introduces the idea of an organization’s communication ecosystem where information flows freely within and among all organizational layers Explores the importance of the relationships with the project’s stakeholder community as keys to project success Describes the theoretical underpinnings of leadership Provides detailed analysis of the different types of project stakeholders Supplies guidance on developing the appropriate messages to meet project and stakeholder needs The book describes how to craft appropriate communication strategies for developing and maintaining successful relationships with stakeholders. It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of existing project controls and outlines effective communication techniques for managing expectations and acquiring the support required to deliver successful projects on time and under budget.

Communicating Clearly about Science and Medicine

Author : John Clare
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781409440376
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Communicating Clearly about Science and Medicine written by John Clare and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific communication is challenging, conclusions are rarely clear cut making communicating statistical risk and probability tough, especially to non-statisticians and non-scientists such as journalists. In this book John Clare illustrates how to communicate clearly the risks and benefits contained in a complex data set, and balance the hope and the hype. He explains how to avoid the 'miracle cure' or 'killer drug' headlines which are so common and teaches you how to combine the accuracy of peer-to-peer reviewed science with the narrative skills of journalism.

Solvency II

Author : Gabrielle O'Donovan
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781409431527
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Solvency II by : Gabrielle O'Donovan

Download or read book Solvency II written by Gabrielle O'Donovan and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your stakeholder communications needs to be robust, at every level, to secure Solvency II compliance and gain internal buy-in for Solvency II as the new business-as-usual. Based on original research, Solvency II: Stakeholder Communications and Change is a well-structured and essential read for all involved in Solvency II implementation.

Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management

Author : Ronggui Ding
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030862488
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management written by Ronggui Ding and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together selected and extended papers representative of work presented at the 8th IPMA Research Conference, which was held online between 9th and 11th September 2020. It explores the topics of project, programme and portfolio management, and self-organizing in and through projects. Offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book answers questions such as: What is the impact of self-organization on organizational structures, processes, cultures and leadership? How can we define the transformative power of self-organization? What is the motivation of individuals to perform activities, to engage with others and organizations in order to get things done? Which kinds of leadership best support self-organizing in projects? What have disciplines like natural science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and management to offer in this respect? What are the cultural limitations and potentials regarding self-organization in projects and how do we deal with them? Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management is a valuable resource for all researchers and project management professionals interested in autonomous working and self-organizing.

The Complete Project Manager

Author : Randall Englund MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CBM
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1567263836
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Book Synopsis The Complete Project Manager by : Randall Englund MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CBM

Download or read book The Complete Project Manager written by Randall Englund MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CBM and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills is the practical guide that addresses the “soft” project management skills that are so essential to successful project, program, and portfolio management. Through a storytelling approach, the authors explain the necessary skills—and how to use them—to create an environment that supports project success. They demonstrate both the “why” and the “how” of creatively applying soft project management skills in the areas of leadership, conflict resolution, negotiations, change management, and more. This guide has an accompanying workbook, The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit , sold separately.

Project Sponsorship

Author : Alfonso Bucero
Publisher : Project Management Institute
ISBN 13 : 1628251069
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Project Sponsorship written by Alfonso Bucero and published by Project Management Institute. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Project Sponsorship—which includes an Appendix with new case studies, expanded assessment tools, and templates—shows how project sponsors and project managers can develop the skills they need to manage successful projects. Randall L. Englund and Alfonso Bucero—experts in the field of project management—have written the definitive guide for educating all stakeholders on the nature of project sponsorship. They describe in detail the responsibilities of the project sponsor, from communications and liaison, selection and training, problem solving, mentoring, and feedback, to the review of project execution. The project sponsor and manager learn how to negotiate effectively with each other and the project team to achieve their commitments.

Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements

Author : Beverley Lloyd-Walker
Publisher : Project Management Institute
ISBN 13 : 1628250941
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (282 download)

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Book Synopsis Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements by : Beverley Lloyd-Walker

Download or read book Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements written by Beverley Lloyd-Walker and published by Project Management Institute. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large projects, especially in the construction and infrastructure sectors, involve collaborations of many different types, such as built-own-operate, public-private partnership, or competitive dialogue. This monograph details the authors’ research on the types of collaborative projects. The research undertaken for this book responds to the need for a taxonomy of relationship-based procurement approaches, a particular type of project alliancing in need of standardization. Recommendations are made based on interviews with 36 subject matter experts from several countries, as well as an extensive literature review

Managing Risk in Projects

Author : David Hillson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040028128
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Managing Risk in Projects written by David Hillson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects are risky undertakings, and risk management is recognised as an integral part of managing the project. Managing Risk in Projects places risk management in its proper context in the world of project management and beyond, emphasising the central concepts essential to understanding why and how risk management matters, and presenting proven practical approaches to addressing risk in any project. The risk management world has changed significantly since the first edition, with advances in risk management practice reflected by changes in international standards and guidelines, as well as significant developments in their implementation. This second edition reflects these changes, and has been completely updated to address progress in the practical application of risk management to projects. Two new chapters have been added, the first discussing how to manage risk in complex projects, and the second considering the role and influence of risk leaders outside the project arena in setting the context and environment for successful risk management. New material also addresses enterprise risk management and risky decision-making. Throughout, the book offers a concise description of current best practice in project risk management whilst introducing the latest developments, to enable project managers, project sponsors and others responsible for managing risk on projects to do just that – effectively.

Portfolio Management

Author : Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482251043
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis Portfolio Management by : Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP

Download or read book Portfolio Management written by Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the importance of selecting and pursuing programs, projects, and operational work that add sustainable business value that benefits end users, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) issued its first Standard on Portfolio Management in 2006. In 2014, it launched the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) credential—which several of the experts who contributed to this book earned—to recognize the advanced expertise required of practitioners in the field. Presenting information that is current with The Standard for Portfolio Management, Third Edition (2013); Portfolio Management: A Strategic Approach supplies in-depth treatment of the five domains and identifies best practices to ensure the organization has a balanced portfolio management that is critical to success. Following PMI’s standard, the book is organized according to its five domains: strategic alignment, governance, portfolio performance management, portfolio risk management, and portfolio communications management. Each chapter presents the insight of different thought leaders in academia and business. Contributors from around the world, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia, supply a global perspective as to why portfolio management is essential for all types of organizations. They provide guidelines, examples, and models to consider, along with discussion and analysis of relevant literature in the field. Most chapters reference PMI standards, complement their concepts, and expand on the concepts and issues that the standards mention in passing or not at all. Overall, this is a must-have resource for anyone pursuing the PfMP® credential from PMI. For executives and practitioners in the field, it provides the concepts you will need to address the ever-changing complexities that impact your work. This book is also suitable as a textbook for universities offering courses on portfolio management.

The Influential Project Manager

Author : Alfonso Bucero,MSc,PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI F
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466596333
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Book Synopsis The Influential Project Manager by : Alfonso Bucero,MSc,PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI F

Download or read book The Influential Project Manager written by Alfonso Bucero,MSc,PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI F and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to be a successful project manager, you need to become a person of influence. Without influence, there can be no success as a project manager. And, although all key success criteria point to the importance of developing soft skills as a project manager, few books exist about how to develop the power of influence for achieving better project and business results. Filling this need, The Influential Project Manager: Winning Over Team Members and Stakeholders supplies detailed guidance on how to improve your influence skills to achieve better business results. It explains how to set and meet ambitious goals for you, your team, and your stakeholders. The book describes how to listen actively to influence others and details how you can build partnerships that can pay dividends for a lifetime. Each chapter highlights real-world scenarios about a particular subject linked to the influencing skill being covered. Each chapter also includes practical forms, templates, helpful tips, and best practices to help you develop and refine your skills of influence. Details the ten keys to influencing others to support you and your ideas Outlines techniques for improving your listening skills Includes a trust assessment for determining your level of influence and if others see you as trustworthy Demonstrates how to build a network of informal alliances to achieve success Supplying you with the vision of influence from an experienced project manager’s perspective, this book will help you procure the informal power required to become a successful influencer. After reading the text and performing the trust assessment, you will gain the understanding required to lead project members down the path to project success.