Project Leadership

James P. Lewis

222 pages, parution le 02/12/2002

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Résumé

Solutions for growing beyond mere management into a truly accomplished project leader

In today's high-performance, competitive environment, the importance of project success has never been more critical or the failure rate more pronounced. Project Leadership provides a step-by-step program for transforming by-the-book project managers into true leaders who are capable of helping their team members plan, execute, and sustain consistent project successeven in an environment of relentless pressure, continuous innovation, and unforeseen change.

Author and project management icon James P. Lewis has created a hands-on blueprint for building a focused project team, forging it into a strong unit, and going beyond the principles of management to effectively lead it to success. Drawing on Lewis's exhaustive knowledge of project management and current best practices in leadership, Project Leadership discusses:

How to use state-of-the-art technologies to ensure project management success
Proven leadership principles, and ways to both understand and adopt them
Case studies of best-practices project leadership in action

Contents

What Is Leadership? And Do We Really Need It?
Leadership in Action - Some Examples
Personality and Leadership
Temperament and Motivation
You Think Funny!
Leadership Styles
What Leaders Actually Do: Modeling Excellence
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Leadership
Communication and Leadership
Interpersonal Influence
Mulally's Principles for Managing
Emotional Intelligence
Credibility and Trust
Putting It All Together

L'auteur - James P. Lewis

James P. Lewis, Ph.D. is founder and president of The Lewis Institute, Inc., and an influential thought leader on project management. He is the author of several books, including Working Together, The Project Managers Desk Reference and Fundamentals of Project Management.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	James P. Lewis
Parution	02/12/2002
Nb. de pages	222
Format	15,7 x 23,7
Couverture	Relié
Poids	459g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071388672
ISBN13	978-0-07-138867-2