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21st Century Leadership - Prologue

Scrum.org

A number of people inside and outside Scrum.org collaborated with me in 2018 and early 2019, to talk about 21st-century executive leadership. As a passionate optimist, I want to help organizations towards their direction of travel using agility as a strategy. 21st-century executive leadership, what to stop doing .

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The Best Self-Help Books to Make 2019 Your Best Year Yet

ProjectManager.com

But we do know that when it comes to business, leadership, personal productivity and work-life balance, a slew of seriously helpful self-help books has recently been published that can help you make 2019 your best year yet. Best Self-Help Books About Leadership. Everyone can benefit from the development of leadership skills.

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10 Essential Project Management Skills for Project Managers of 2019

nTask

If you’re looking for a sure formula to success, acquiring and honing these skills should be one of your top priorities in 2019. Leadership. The word leadership has been thrown around in multiple ways over the years and rightly so, because you cannot expect to achieve your project objectives without a solid upper hand.

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Unlocking ITIL4: Defining Value and Navigating Career Growth

The IIL Blog

Source: Axelos, “ITIL Foundation: ITIL4 Edition” (2019) – ITIL 4 Service Value System If you are new to the framework or are seeking to reaffirm your knowledge, one of the best places to start within the SVS is the guiding principles. The two Strategic Leader modules are: Direct, Plan and Improve; and Digital and IT Strategy.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?".

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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

The 2019 incarnation of the summit will be in Orlando, Florida from October 20-22. Related: Top Project Management Conferences of 2019. Susanne Madsen is the author of several books on project management and leadership, including The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. Jason Westland.

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Enterprise Agility in Financial Services: Learnings from the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference

Planview

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. Challenges arise when senior leadership has yet to adopt an Agile mindset, even if their teams have. How it’s delivered. When it’s delivered.

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Realign Your Vision – 3 Ways The PMO Can Drive A Successful Business Transformation

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager

Sometimes they even stop paying any attention at all to this critical organization change, delegating essential strategy projects to those with little to no relevant experience. Mastering soft skills, leadership qualities, and the best practices necessary to run a successful next-generation PMO. Enter: the project management office.