Maximizing project success through human performance / Bernardo Tirado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tirado, Bernardo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Tysons Corner, Virginia : Management Concepts, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Project management is often defined by processes and methodology, but projects are accomplished by people. Successfully leading those people is the core of a project manager's job. Even the seasoned project manager will encounter situations that present unique leadership challenges.Bernardo Tirado offers a clear path to help develop leadership skills within the project management framework. Using a hands-on, practical approach, he presents a model for taking any project manager's leadership skills to the next level. His model focuses on techniques to develop and apply three areas of awareness-

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Psychology; PART 1 Individual: Your Behaviors That May; Chapter 2 Understanding Sense of Self; Psychometric Evaluation: How You Make Decisions; 360 Degree Feedback: How Others Perceive You; Chapter 3 Creating a Consistent Brand; First Impressions; Building "Brand You"; Chapter 4 Building Advocates; Applying the Advocacy Model; Building a Strategy for Unknowns; Building a Strategy for Averters; Building a Strategy for Detesters; Building a Strategy for Corresponders; Creating an Advocacy Action Plan

Chapter 5 Profiling People at Work-Unconscious Behavior at the Individual LevelKinesics; Acoustic Phonetics; Cues For Stress; PART 2 Team: Unconscious and Conscious Behaviors That Can Compromise Project Success; Chapter 6 Understanding Power Dynamics-Unconscious Behavior at the Group Level; The Power Seat; Group Dynamics; Applying Group Dynamics; Chapter 7 Project Management Leadership; Differences Between Leadership and Management; The Top Ten Leadership Styles; Chapter 8 Building a High-Performance Team; Types of Teams; Ideal Team Size; Characteristics of High-Performance Teams

Chapter 9 Using SWOT Analysis to Reorganize Your Existing TeamAnalyzing the Team; Creating Subteams; PART 3 Organization: Behaviors That Can Jeopardize Your Project; Chapter 10 Navigating Organizational Politics; The Power/Interest Grid; Identifying Informal Influencers; Chapter 11 Determining Organizational Readiness; The Desired Change; The Current State in Relation to the Desired Change; Determine Impact on End Users; PART 4 Project: Bringing It All Together; Chapter 12 Case Study; Background; The Project; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523096640

1523096640

9781567264234

1567264239

9781628708424

1628708425

9781567264203

1567264204

OCLC:

870305546