Good Project Manager vs Bad Project Manager
How can you be a good project manager? In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders.
Read more from Elizabeth
Interested in project management? Elizabeth Harrin is the author of several top-selling, practical guides to how to manage projects published by PMI, APM, Kogan Page and the British Computer Society.
Drawing from her own experience and plenty of case studies, surveys and research, these books are the ‘mentor on the shelf’ you need to get ahead and learn what really works when it comes to juggling your workload.
Books
Project management books reviewed and the top takeaways shared for you! Learn about the new trends in project management from the best authors.
Book review: How To Be A Productivity Ninja
“Time management is dead,” writes Graham Allcott in his book, How To Be A Productivity Ninja. The old time management concepts don’t work anymore, he says, because we don’t have the same working environment. The number of information sources has gone up, and we’re expected to juggle more and manage more complex jobs while our…
6 Reasons Why Professional Networking is Important
Find out why networking is something you can’t afford to avoid. Here are 6 fantastic reasons to get out there and meet new people – and they aren’t what you might think.
How to be a PMO Leader: Book Review of Leading Successful PMOs
Project managers have to be project leaders as well, at least some of the time. But what happens when you want to take the next step and lead a PMO? Peter Taylor’s book, Leading Successful PMOs, explains. He discusses the PMO that he led at Siemens. It was a three year journey. They began with…
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Getting It All Done [Book Review]
Read my Getting It All Done book review to find out what I thought of the book and my main takeaways from it.
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The Grit Factor [Book Review]
Check out my Grit Factor book review. It talks of what grit is, how you can get it, what it takes to build a purposeful career, and how to build resilience. It’s a thoughtful book that takes an optimistic and yet realistic view of what it means to be an outstanding leader.
The Project Management Coaching Workbook (Book review)
The Project Management Coaching Workbook by Susanne Madsen is a book about how to operate with a coaching leadership style in a project environment. “It is not your ability to manage tasks and resources that will set you apart,” writes Susanne Madsen in The Project Management Coaching Workbook. “It is your ability to manage relationships…
Book review: Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why
Donald Asher’s book, Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t And Why is sub-titled ’12 things you’d better do if you want to get ahead’. Now in it’s second edition, it’s an easy read with a conversational style. Asher is a career development expert, with a special interest in graduate careers and starting off. This isn’t his…
Book review: Critical Chain
Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt is a business novel that talks about creative ways to improve project delivery through managing dependencies. Written in 1997, it is now a classic text, but it still comes across as timely and challenging. To be honest, I wasn’t keen to read Critical Chain. Business novels and stories that…
A Guide to Project Meetings & How to Get the Best Out of Them
In this guide to project meetings learn about the different types of meeting you’ll hold on your project (and one to definitely avoid!). There are also some tips on how to make your attendees feel as if the meeting is relevant to them.
How to Navigate Internal Politics on Projects
Managing stakeholders doesn’t always go to plan. These insights from author Jake Holloway will help you better prepare to work with difficult people on projects. Learn why your team doesn’t always act in the project’s best interest and what you can do about it.
Business Leadership for IT Projects
Gary Lloyd sent me a copy of his book Business Leadership for IT Projects to read and review. Here are my takeaways and thoughts about it.