How To Avoid The 4 Sins of Meetings
There are 4 meeting sins that you should definitely avoid. Gerry Lewis’s book Shine discusses what they are and how to avoid them.
Books
Project management books reviewed and the top takeaways shared for you! Learn about the new trends in project management from the best authors.
What is Stakeholder-led Project Management?
I recently sat down with the book Stakeholder-led Project Management by Louise M. Worsley and wanted to share my thoughts and take-aways from her book.
What are your project values?
In his book, Second Order Project Management, Michael Cavanagh sets out a set of values for project teams to live by. He invites readers to borrow, modify, add to or delete from this list, so here they are. Project team values Our values are the rules by which we live – the filters through which…
Book review: How to Manage in a Flat World
This book helps to learn how to manage people and teams spread across the world.
Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects
Here’s my Must-Read Reading List for some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Twelve excellent books to add to your project management bookshelf.
Top challenges for project sponsors
Are you wondering how to build a better relationship with your project sponsor? I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship, a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Peter Taylor…
Best Books for Women in Project Management
These are my four favourite books for women in leadership and women in project management positions.
Ladder and Hot Air Balloon Scheduling
Project managers tend to live or die by their schedules. They shape decisions, priorities and stakeholder engagements. We feel good when the schedules give us confidence. We feel nervous when they change a lot. We feel out of control when the schedule is clearly fictional with no chance of ever being delivered. It’s no surprise…
A Framework for Managing Multiple Projects
How do you start to get your work under control when you are juggling several projects at once? That’s the question I answer in my book, Managing Multiple Projects. The starting point is knowing how all the different parts of your workload fit together so you can manage them in an efficient way. And do…
Managing Multiple Projects: The Research
What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? What tools do you use to prioritize your work? How do you get through the day when you’re juggling All. The. Things? I posed these questions (and more) to our community and the insights were illuminating. And unfortunately, not in a good way. In…
Managing Multiple Projects: The Book
I’ve been waiting to share this with you… and today’s the day! I wrote a new book! It’s called Managing Multiple Projects: How Project Managers Can Balance Priorities, Manage Expectations and Increase Productivity And it’s not just any book. I wanted to write a book to help busy project managers – like you – juggle…
20 Books on Communication in the Workplace
Here are my suggestions of the best books on communication in the workplace.