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The Leadership Attitude

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There has been a notable shift in recent years to talking about project leadership, as distinct from project management. Management, as the saying goes, is about doing things right, and leadership is about doing the right things. In reality, both leadership and management are often done by the same person – the project manager.

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3 Ways to Practice Your Leadership Skills

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mike Clayton True leadership is not something you do when it suits you. In fact, true leadership emerges when it is least convenient, in tough times, under extremes of pressure. Here are three things we can all practice, day-to-day, to hone our leadership skills: 1. Decision-making on a project is an act of leadership.

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Productivity: creative versus reactive leadership

Scrum.org

A simple tool we can use to understand our relationship to productivity and expand the possibilities is the creative versus reactive leadership lens. In this article, I have written mostly from an individual perspective. And our leadership work is to start pulling back the layers and connecting to who we really.

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Understanding Leadership

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If management is doing the right thing, then leadership is doing things right. You can demonstrate leadership skills at any level, from project coordinator to project director. Making leadership work for you. Doing’ leadership, however, is not something that can be codified easily. Leading in a crisis.

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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s why I was keen to read Virtual Leadership by Dr Penny Pullan. What Is Virtual Leadership ? The third concept defined pretty early on is virtual leadership , which you’d expect, what with it being the title of the book and all. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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How to Earn Leadership PDUs for PMP Renewal in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are like many Project Management Professional ( PMP )® certification holders, you might be finding it hard to source enough quality learning materials for your Leadership PDUs. In this article we’ll look at what Leadership PDUs are and how many you need, and what activities count towards your PDU total in the Leadership category.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Leadership skills are also crucial for project management – but so often overlooked or taken for granted. Leadership skills and management skills are different things and, especially within the project management industry, it’s important to be aware of the differences. Leadership without Project Management.