Creating a greater whole : a project manager's guide to becoming a leader

✍ Scribed by Susan G. Schwartz

• Publisher: Auerbach Publications;CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Series: Best Practices and Advances in Program Management
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Creating a Greater Whole unlocks the not-so-secret secrets of what aspiring managers need to become strong leaders. This information-rich, easy to understand guide offers readers an immediate clear path to honing their leadership skills using the rigor and discipline of project management principles. Topics include stakeholder management, collaborative communication, multi-criteria decision making, and conflict management. Reflective exercises in each chapter raise key questions for readers to craft their own development path. The process invites emerging leaders to draw from their past experiences, recognize their intrinsic capabilities, and identify specific skills to cultivate.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: What is leadership? --
Aligning teams and steering the journey --
The power of collaboration and conversation --
Building on strengths --
Focus and motivation --
Growth fueled by uncertainty --
Super powers for leaders --
Conflict and conversation --
Leaders are human too.

✦ Subjects

Leadership.;Project management.