โGlue offers a rare gift to project managers. It artfully blends specific step-by-step recommendations of how to move from project management to project leadership with the psychological rationale for taking those steps.โ- Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence and Pre-Suasion
An Essential Guide to Get Stuff Done
How many books have you read on project management? On leadership? Too many, right? But no other book combines the practice of project management and leadership into one balanced approach with practical examplesโexcept this book.
You donโt even need Project Manager in your title to employ the lessons in this book. You can be any person on any team who has stepped up to take a leadership role on a critical initiative.
Youโll learn the critical blend of management and leadership skills that will make you indispensable to any project. Youโll learn what it takes to become the binding agentโthe glueโthat creates cohesive, engaged, high-performing project teams.
The authorโs methods have been battle-tested against real technology projects. Her insight and vision reach beyond theory into application and can be used immediately regardless of the length, scope, or phase of your projectโwhether itโs planning a wedding, remodeling a home, or leading a team in a major website revamp or product launch or company start-up.
Youโll learnโ
- How to get started when you donโt know muchโyet
- How to lay a solid foundation for your project
- How to support a project and a team thatโs in flight
- How to communicate (yah, thatโs a thing), how to reward (candy works), how to take notes (yes, please), and how to map out the project with Post-its
