Interested in project management? Elizabeth Harrin is the author of several top-selling, practical guides to how to manage projects published by PMI, APM, Kogan Page and the British Computer Society.
Drawing from her own experience and plenty of case studies, surveys and research, these books are the ‘mentor on the shelf’ you need to get ahead and learn what really works when it comes to juggling your workload.
Project management books reviewed and the top takeaways shared for you! Learn about the new trends in project management from the best authors.
Managing stakeholders doesn’t always go to plan. These insights from author Jake Holloway will help you better prepare to work with difficult people on projects. Learn why your team doesn’t always act in the project’s best interest and what you can do about it.
Gary Lloyd sent me a copy of his book Business Leadership for IT Projects to read and review. Here are my takeaways and thoughts about it.
Normally when I read books to review I take notes as I go. But I have read The Power of Slow a couple of times, and I don’t have any notes on it. I think I just got sucked in to the book, and read it fast, which was probably not the point. Christine Louise…
A brilliant project leader will have solid project management expertise and be able to plan and deliver their projects with confidence and assurance.
In this article, we’ll look at what is different about change management now, how change management is defined, and why it is worth investing your time and effort into doing change management.
Find out how to health check your projects in this interview with Peter Taylor (The Lazy Project Manager).
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Learn more about social project management and how collaboration on projects is affected by the social tools we have available to us. I interview Peter Taylor, otherwise known as The Lazy Project Manager, to understand how we can balance collaboration with the centralised governance required in order to deliver successful projects in today’s workplace.
Leading Effective Virtual Teams is one of the harder books I have had to review, but one of the easiest to read. It’s very practical, and the format makes it possible to dip in to get some advice on what’s bothering your team wherever you are in the project management life cycle. Read the whole review here.
Trust matters because it helps build a resilient project team. Trust helps get things done. Trusted team members not only do only what is asked, but what the project needs them to do, because they know that the project manager will trust their decisions and actions. Trust is a shortcut to better working relationships and…
Here are 3 book recommendations for managing teams on projects, or more specifically, getting the right mindset to succeed in a team environment.
Carole Osterweil shares how to manage in complex project environments and talks about her book Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience in this interview.
What are the best leadership books for project managers? Well, ask 10 leaders and you’ll probably get 10 different lists. Here’s mine! These are books I have read over the years that I turn to time and time again for inspiration and because I know the strategies in them work. You can watch me talk…