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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members). Who will get you access to the resources you require?

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. During the 1990s, PMI tripled its membership to 90,000 in 120 countries, under the leadership of then president Virgil R. Following Carter, Gregory Balestrero directed PMI for a decade, starting in 2002. Quick Facts About PMI.

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Project Manager or Project Leader? What’s the Difference?

Online PM Courses

One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done. Project Leadership makes changes happen. Leadership: guiding and motivating the people around you. People and Project Leadership. Leadership is not easy. Leading Others.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Develop Your Leadership Skills. Effective leadership is also about strong time management, taking charge of the delivery of tasks, and planning them in advance. To make a company’s leadership powerful, it’s important to ensure that the right people do the right job at the right time.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Why you should read this: Project management (and especially project leadership) is more about people than processes.

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In Defense of Adversity - Steve Gavatorta

PM That Works

No, I was gonna say I think I use that nearly everything I do on my base premise is to be successful in life to be successful in business sales leadership, team dynamics, such as facing adversity, overcoming obstacles, we must know ourselves know others whom we're communicating with. Oh, god, I'm sorry. No, go ahead. Morris 7:50 might be.

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System Vs. Psyche with Dennis Stevens and Alistair Cockburn Part 2

Leading Agile

‘Cause I was, in 2002 and three, I was giving lectures on how to be a project manager, an effective project manager in a rabidly Agile context, right? And team designs who sits together and who’s responsible to who, but there’s a whole bunch of things around the leadership. The leadership’s a funny word.