Books

In Project Management for Humans, Brett Harned has taken his experience, ideas and good practice and distilled them into a fun, practical book.

I expected a book about leadership theory but what I got was a hugely practical guide to actually doing leadership with plenty of stories, examples and exercises. Read my book review of The Power of Project Leadership by Susanne Madsen to find out more about why leadership is important for project managers and the 7 keys of project leadership.

This book review of Participative Transformation shows how important it is to engage people when you are trying to ‘do’ organisational change. I’ve pulled out some of the key points from the book to help you start thinking about the impacts your projects are having on your stakeholder communities.

The Complex Project Toolkit is really a book about paradigms in project management and how to encourage teams (and project managers) to stay curious and to embrace uncertainty. This is not a ‘how-to’ book with templates or checklists, but rather a scaled-out strategy view. It’s packed with examples from history, science, as well as some…

Read a review of Scott Berkun’s excellent book, Making Things Happen: Mastering the Art of Project Management. It will change how you think about getting work done!