The strategic project leader : mastering service-based project leadership /: mastering service-based project leadership. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jack Ferraro.
• Authors: Ferraro, Jack, 1964-
• Contents: THE NEW PROJECT LEADER Leadership in Project Management: A Defining Moment; Introduction; My Story; Are We Better Off?; Two Types of Project Managers; Understanding Leadership; Carol’s Story; Effective Leadership; Challenges for Practitioners; "I Don’t Have the Authority"; "I Don’t Have the Ability" "The Organizational Culture Must Change First"; Another Defining Moment; Summary; Endnotes The Rise of the Service-Based Project Leader; Introduction; Importance of Transformation; Separating from the Pack; Efficiency; Customization; Foresight; Connectedness; Filling the Role of Service-Based Project Leader; The Younger Generation of Workers; The Volunteer’s Story; Summary; Endnotes; ; Project Management as a Service: What You Need to Know; Introduction; Growing Expectations; Project Management as a Service; When Professional Services become Commodities; The Optometrist’s Story; Information Technology Case Study; What versus How Work Gets Done; Unbundling of Project Management; New Managerial Work; Information Overload; New Work, Old Model; Summary; Endnotes; ; Project Management Certifications: The Leadership Angle; Introduction; Value of Certifications; Project Management Certifications; Australian Institute of Project Management; International Project Management Association; Project Management Institute; Problems with Certification; Jacque’s Story; Summary; Endnotes; ; Professionalism and the Leadership Void; Introduction; Obstacles to Professionalism; The Leadership Void; Performance and Expectations Gap; Contributors to the Leadership Void; Organizations; Practitioners; Trainers; Where Do We Go from Here?; Summary; Endnotes; ; The Case for the Service-Based Project Leader; Introduction; Customer Focus; Increasing Portfolio Management Return on Investment; Increasing Project Management Maturity; Academia in Project Management; Ethics in Project Leadership; Summary; Endnotes; ; Discovering the New Project Leader in You; Introduction; A Commitment Story; Committing to Personal Change; Unfulfilled Needs + Natural Abilities = Initiation of Personal Change; Ownership: Whose Career Is It, Anyway?; Life Choices; Decisions; Truth; Personal Confidence; Group Confidence; Psychological Barriers; Summary; Endnotes; ; Finding Meaning in Creating, Rather than Problem Solving; Introduction; Structure for Creating; Personal Visioning; Group Visioning; Initiative Visioning; The Creativity in all of us; Creativity in Project Management; Exploiting the Creative Process in Project Management; Summary; Endnotes; ; Finding the Energy to Make the Commitment; Introduction; Barriers to Commitment; Fear of Change; Stress; Impact of Stress on the Heart and Mind; Durable Energy; Elements of Commitment; Alignment; Direction; Authenticity; Rare Opportunity; Summary; Endnotes; ; THE SERVICE-BASED PROJECT LEADER’S COMPETENCY PYRAMID; ; Competence: The Foundation of Leadership; Introduction; Competence; Background on Project Management Competencies; Project Manager Competency Development Framework Overview; IPMA ICB Standard; Lack of Focus on Behavioral Leadership; Summary; Endnotes; ; Customers’ Perception of Your Project: Stakeholder Management; Introduction; Paying Customer’s View; Strategic Project Characteristics; Uniqueness; Risk; Temporary in Nature; Expanded Playing Field; Decision Making; Distance and Diversity; What Customers Really Want; Losing Control; Summary; Endnotes; ; Project Leader’s Competency Framework: Service-Based Project Leader’s Competency Pyramid; Introduction; Overview of Service-Based Project Leader’s; Competency Pyramid; Knowledge, Skill, and Experience; Subject Matter Expertise; Trust-Based Relationships; Consultative Leadership; Courage; Balancing the Pyramid’s Layers; Summary; Endnotes; ; Building Your Base—Knowledge, Skills, Experience ; Introduction; Building Project and Program Management Knowledge; A Certification Story; Building Project Management Skills; Real Needs; How to Create a Need Statement; Crafting the Project Mission Statement; Leading with Work Breakdown Structures; A WBS Story; Stakeholder Management with Simple Project Network Diagrams; Risk; Building Project Management Experience; Summary; Endnotes; ; Building Subject Matter Expertise; Introduction; Why Leaders Need Subject Matter Expertise; Mastering the Acquisition of Subject Matter Expertise; Follow the Money: Revenue and Cost; Business Process Mapping; Research and Networking; Summary; Endnotes; ; Trust-Based Relationships; Introduction; Compatibility; Building Trust on Projects; Building Blocks of Trust for Project Leaders; Value Proposition; Credibility; Reliability; Tips for Creating Credibility and Reliability with Customers; Intimacy; Tips for Building Intimacy on Projects; Low Self-Orientation; Listening and Disengaging; &nb
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Auerbach
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.4092; Project management; Leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466599789
• Related ISBNs: 9781466599772
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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