The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership | by Jack Ferraro | ISBN: 9780849387944. Project Leadership Development. New Project Leader Guide. Project Management Certifications. Strategic Project Management Offices. Project Management Competencies
The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership
by Jack Ferraro
ISBN:9780849387944
Helping managers to develop the competencies and skills essential to creative leadership, this book offers a practical framework that enables them to take charge of their own career development, while embracing and mastering the role of strategy leader.
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The Strategic Project Leader—Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership
Foreword
How to Use This Book
Introducing—A New Kind of Project Leader
Overview
A Transforming Story
Section I – The New Project Leader
Chapter 1 – Leadership in Project Management: A Defining Moment
Introduction
Are We Better Off?
Trend Toward Specialization
Understanding Leadership
Challenges for Practitioners
A Defining Moment
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 2 – Emergence of the Service-Based Project Leader
Introduction
Importance of Transformation
Separating from the Pack
Filling the Role of Service-Based Project Leader
The Younger Generation of Workers
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 3 – Trends in Project Management
Introduction
Growing Expectations
Project Management as a Service
Trends Devaluing Project Management
“What” versus “How” Work Gets Done
Vertical Disintegration
New Managerial Work
Practitioner Information Overload
New Work, Old Model
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 4 – Project Management Certifications: The Leadership Angle
Introduction
The Value of Certifications
Project Management Certifications
Problems with Certification
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 5 – Professionalism and the Project Manager
Introduction
Obstacles to Professionalism
The Leadership Void
Performance and Expectations Gap
Contributors to Leadership Void
Where Do We Go from Here?
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 6 – Trends Favoring the Service-Based Project Leader
Introduction
Projects as Strategy
Strategic Project Offices
Research and Education
Ethics in Project Leadership
Community
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 7 – Discovering the New Project Leader in You
Introduction
Committing to Personal Change
Unfulfilled Needs + Natural Abilities = Initiation of Personal Change
Ownership: Whose Career Is It, Anyway?
Personal Confidence
Group Confidence
Psychological Barriers
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 8 – Finding Meaning in Creating, Rather Than Problem Solving
Introduction
Personal Visioning
Group Visioning
The Creativity in All of Us
Creativity in Project Management
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 9 – Making the Commitment
Introduction
Barriers to Commitment
Elements of Commitment
Rare Opportunity
Summary
Endnotes
Section II – The Myprojectadvisor Leadership Competency Framework
Chapter 10 – Competence: The Foundation of Leadership
Introduction
Competence
Background on Project Management Competencies
Lack of Focus on Behavioral Leadership
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 11 – The Customer’s Perception of Your Project: Stakeholder Management
Introduction
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 12 – The Strengths of a Service-Based Project Leader: The Myprojectadvisor Leadership Competency Pyramid
Introduction
Overview of MyProjectAdvisor® Leadership Competency Pyramid
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 13 – Building Your Base—Knowledge, Skills, Experience
Introduction
Building Project and Program Management Knowledge
Building Project Management Skills
Building Project Management Experience
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 14 – Building Subject Matter Expertise
Introduction
Why Leaders Need Subject Matter Expertise
Mastering the Acquisition of Subject Matter Expertise
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 15 – Trust-Based Relationships
Introduction
Obstacles
Building Trust on Projects
Building Blocks of Trust for Project Leaders
Tips for Building Intimacy on Projects
Tips for Low Self-Orientation
Customer and Project Team Trust-Based Relationships
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 16 – Consultative Leadership: Becoming a Service-Based Project Leader
Introduction
Advisory Nature
Power
The Need for Advising
Consultative Leadership Process
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 17 – Courage
Introduction
Environmental Impacts on Courage
Risk Attitudes
Emotional Literacy
Summary
Endnotes
Section III – Self-Directed Project Leadership Development
Chapter 18 – The Conscious Leader
Introduction
Projects That Change the World
Overview of Self-Directed Project Leadership Development
New Training Methods
Project Management and Self-Directed Project Leadership Development
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 19 – Commitment to Leadership: Taking Control
Introduction
Commitment
Commitment Killers
A Healthy Commitment
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 20 – Acquiring and Assessing Project Leadership Skills
Introduction
Acquisition
Considerations for Assessment
Assessing the Base of the Leadership Competency Pyramid
Assessing the Rest of the Pyramid
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 21 – Practicing to Be a Service-Based Project Leader
Introduction
Active Leadership Experience™
Practicing Mental Skills
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 22 – Serving Your Community as Teacher and Student
Introduction
Three Calls to Serve
The Teacher Becomes a Student … and Vice Versa
Giving to Receive
Model for Advancement
Measuring the Service-Based Project Leader
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 23 – Communities of Practice
Introduction
Communities of Practice: Role in Self-Directed Learning
CoPs Reinforce Self-Directed Project Leadership Development
Benefits of a Community of Practice
Starting a Community of Practice
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 24 – Developing Your Action Plan
Introduction
Thirty Days to Sixty Days
Two to Six Months
Six Months to One year
Summary
Section IV – Understanding Assessments
Chapter 25 – Introduction to Assessments for Project Leaders
Introduction
Windows of a Leader
When to Use Assessments
Types of Assessments
Steve’s Story
The Platinum Rule® Model
Other Tools
Endnotes
Chapter 26 – What?! My Boss Wants Me to Take a 360-Degree: What You Need to Know
Introduction
Debbie’s Story
Theoretical Basis for Multi-Rater Feedback
The History and Development of the Self-Awareness Movement
Fundamental Theories
Scientific Studies
Additional Tools
Whole Brain Thinking
Endnotes
Chapter 27 – Team Effectiveness
Introduction
The Life Cycle of a Project Team
Endnotes
Appendix A
Leadership Theories for Project Management
Participative Leadership in Project Management
Situational Leadership in Project Management
Contingency Leadership in Project Management
Transactional Leadership in Project Management
Leadership from Heart and Mind
Summary
Endnotes
Appendix B
Self-Directed Project Leadership Workbook
Part Two: Leadership Competency Self Assessment
Part Three: Desired Supportive Relationship Checklist
Part Four: Leadership Competency Pyramid Acquisition Plan
Part Five: Active Leadership Experience™ (ALE)
Part Six: Risk Tolerances—Facts and Feelings
Determine Your Certainty and Comfort
Part Seven: Service-Based Project Leader 360-Degree Evaluation
Part Eight: Active Leadership Experience Scorecard
Part Nine: Questions to Help Align Your Talent, Time and Resources
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