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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve put together my top list of the best books on collaboration, with a few communication skills books thrown in too. These are the books that I turn to time and time again. They are perfect for anyone working in a project environment, but if you are managing teams of any kind you’ll find something useful in here.

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5 Strategies to Improve Team Productivity on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. But no one is telling you HOW to get your team to adopt new ways of working. What is team productivity?

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Participative Transformation [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Subtitled ‘Learning and Development in Practising Change’ and with a truly awful cover I wasn’t sure what to expect from Participative Transformation. Mundane perspectives are given as much space as well-founded positions,” they write, commenting on change management theories. How To Manage Change Your Own Way.

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5 Strategies to Improve Team Productivity on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. But no one is telling you HOW to get your team to adopt new ways of working. What is team productivity?

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The John Kotter Change Management Model for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

John Kotter’s 8 step Change Management Model is a strong framework that has been used to implement change in many organizations. This post examines the model, its advantages and disadvantages, and its value to strategists and project managers. What Is the John Kotter Change Management Model?

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Why are people leaving project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management is stressful. There are peaks and troughs — Peter Taylor, AKA The Lazy Project Manager , talks about this in his book of the same name. Do you need some help working out how project management fits? Book a call. There is no career development. Let’s look at those.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. During this phase a project leader will focus on these key processes: Managing people.

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