The strategic project leader : mastering service-based project leadership
Jack Ferraro
- 2nd ed.
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2015.
- xxiv, 343 p. : ill . ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Introducing a New Kind of Project Leader; Chapter 1: Leadership in Project Management: A Defining Moment; Chapter 2: The Rise of the Service-Based Project Leader; Chapter 3: Project Management as a Service: What You Need to Know; Chapter 4: Project Management Certifications: The Leadership Angle; Chapter 5: Professionalism and the Leadership Void; Chapter 6: The Case for the Service-Based Project Leader; Chapter 7: Discovering the New Project Leader in You. Chapter 8: Finding Meaning in Creating, Rather than Problem SolvingChapter 9: Finding the Energy to Make the Commitment; Chapter 10: Competence: The Foundation of Leadership; Chapter 11: Customers' Perception of Your Project: Stakeholder Management; Chapter 12: Project Leader's Competency Framework: Service-Based Project Leader's Competency Pyramid; Chapter 13: Building Your Base-Knowledge, Skills, Experience; Chapter 14: Building Subject Matter Expertise; Chapter 15: Trust-Based Relationships; Chapter 16: Consultative Leadership: Becoming a Service-Based Project Leader; Chapter 17: Courage. Chapter 18: Helping Children: Nemours Case StudyChapter 19: Instilling Transparency: Norwegian Cycling Association Case Study; Chapter 20: The Consciousness of a Leader: Understanding Intentional Change; Chapter 21: Commitment to Leadership: Taking Control; Chapter 22: Assessing and Acquiring Project Leadership Skills; Chapter 23: Practicing to Be a Service-Based Project Leader; Chapter 24: Serving Your Community; Chapter 25: Developing Your Action Plan
As executives build and nurture their organization's strategic agility in today's turbulent, uncertain business environment, the ability to lead strategic change has become more critical than ever. The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership, Second Edition will help project managers lead with confidence in temporary, ambiguous team structures that execute risk-laden work in an increasingly agile project environment. Like the first edition, this edition encourages readers to take ownership of their leadership agenda and become disciplined in the processes of building a framework of leadership skills.