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<p>About the author ix</p> <p>Preface xi</p> <p>How to use this book xvii</p> <p>Project Management 1</p> <p><b>Part I: Leadership 9</b></p> <p>1 Know yourself 13</p> <p>2 Practise empathy 16</p> <p>3 Be yourself 18</p> <p>4 Stand for something 21</p> <p>5 Determine your values 25</p> <p>6 Safeguard the future 28</p> <p>7 Behave in the right way 31</p> <p>8 Give your mind a break 34</p> <p>9 Adapt your style to fit the project 38</p> <p>10 Embrace the next generation 44</p> <p>11 Be prepared 48</p> <p>12 Bring the humour 50</p> <p>13 Make gratitude your attitude 54</p> <p>14 Bounceback ability 57</p> <p>15 Lead a remote team 60</p> <p>16 Be an intrepreneur 64</p> <p>17 Switch on your ears 68</p> <p>18 Create more leaders 71</p> <p>19 Be generous 74</p> <p>20 Say sorry 76</p> <p>21 Set and manage expectations 79</p> <p>22 Manage difficult conversations 82</p> <p>23 Get help 87</p> <p>24 Negotiate effectively 91</p> <p>25 Tell stories 94</p> <p>26 Manage upwards 98</p> <p><b>Part II: Culture 103</b></p> <p>27 Build and care for the team 107</p> <p>28 Develop a vision 111</p> <p>29 Get your communication right 114</p> <p>30 Collaborate for success 117</p> <p>31 Make time for innovation 121</p> <p>32 Find the right space for work 125</p> <p>33 Hire for cultural fit 129</p> <p>34 Start as you mean to go on 132</p> <p>35 Soundtrack to your success 135</p> <p>36 Keep stakeholders satisfied 138</p> <p>37 Gossip: the culture killer 141</p> <p>38 Keep it simple 144</p> <p>39 Have some fun 147</p> <p>40 Run meetings that don’t suck 151</p> <p>41 Celebrate success 156</p> <p><b>Part III: Methods 159</b></p> <p>42 Waterfall 161</p> <p>43 Agile 164</p> <p>44 No plan, no project 166</p> <p>45 Why this? Why now? 170</p> <p>46 Scale for success 173</p> <p>47 Estimating 176</p> <p>48 Manage risk 179</p> <p>49 Deal with issues 183</p> <p>50 Report honestly 186</p> <p>51 Successes are the best lessons 188</p> <p>52 Measure your success 190</p> <p>Project Management: Summary 193</p> <p>Project Sponsorship 197</p> <p><b>Part IV: Stewardship 209</b></p> <p>53 The buck stops with you 215</p> <p>54 Verify priorities 219</p> <p>55 Share the burden 224</p> <p>56 Say thank you 228</p> <p>57 Build trust 232</p> <p>58 Simple is better 235</p> <p>59 Be present 240</p> <p>60 Role model what you expect of others 244</p> <p><b>Part V: Decisions 249</b></p> <p>61 What’s the problem and the outcome? 253</p> <p>62 Negate the negativity 260</p> <p>63 Hire and pick your project manager 264</p> <p>64 Be ethical 269</p> <p>65 Make quick (not hasty) decisions 275</p> <p>66 Deal with poor performance 280</p> <p>67 Fail quickly 285</p> <p><b>Part VI: Results 291</b></p> <p>68 Culture is key, but so is strategy 297</p> <p>69 Get off to a flyer 300</p> <p>70 Every project needs a plan 305</p> <p>71 Innovation needs mindset and time 309</p> <p>72 Methods need to be understood 314</p> <p>73 Celebrate good (and bad) times 317</p> <p>74 Outcomes don’t achieve themselves 322</p> <p>75 Spot when it’s going wrong 328</p> <p>Project Sponsorship: Summary 335</p> <p>Frequently asked questions 337</p> <p>References 345</p> <p>Reading list 355</p> <p>Soundtracks 359</p> <p>Contact details 363</p> <p>Index 365</p>

<p><b>COLIN D ELLIS</b> is a 20-year project management and sponsorship veteran, an award-winning international speaker, trainer and author who helps organisations and individuals around the world change the way they get things done and create cultures where great work thrives.</br> www.colindellis.com

<p><b>Deliver great projects every time</b> <p>Projects are the lifeblood of organisations, but many projects fall short of expectations because of poor project management and/or poor project sponsorship. In<i> The Project Book,</i> author Colin D Ellis teaches you the skills and behaviours required to make your projects succeed, every time. <p>The best projects, whether they are delivered in an agile or waterfall way, are a result of the people that lead them and the environment they create. This fail-safe and comprehensive handbook shows you how to develop the mindset and communication skills to create projects that leave a legacy for you, your team and your organisation. <p><b>Learn how to:</b> <ul> <li>become a project leader that people trust</li> <li>build a team culture of collaboration, agility and creativity</li> <li>upskill executives so that they're catalysts for transformation</li> <li>develop the organisational discipline needed for successful projects</li> <li>create a mature environment for your projects to thrive.</li> </ul> <p>Engaging, informative and humorous, <i>The Project Book</i> will help project managers, project sponsors, scrum masters and product owners across all organisations to deliver successful projects in a way that customers will talk about for years.

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