2-in-1 the Effective Project Leader

Discover Success Principles for a Project Manager & Apply Best Project Management Practices (Project Management by Ready Set Agile)

By: Ready Set Agile

Narrated by: Keith L. O'Brian for HotGhost Productions

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Is your desire to become a winning project leader? Do you want to achieve more than an ordinary project manager?

Seventy-five percent of organizations rank leadership skills as most important for successful projects - the Project Management Institute.

You can make well over $100,000 with experience and leadership - ProjectManager.com.

Effective project managers are the experts that companies want to hire - and top team members want to work for.

But what are the secrets of those who always win during meetings? Why servant leaders have so many followers? Which leadership skills are essential for a project manager?

A project manager can achieve a lot - but an effective project leader with their team shoot goals and create real values.

This audiobook will reveal:

• Key competencies every project manager must master
• How to manage the triple constraint triangle to your advantage
• Nine leadership areas of a successful CEO and project manager
• How to turn conflicts to your advantage
• Six bulletproof tips to solve complex problems
• Steps to build your performing team
• Servant leadership for a successful project
• How to influence and persuade your stakeholders
• BONUS: A negotiation checklist that includes advanced techniques

I have described all the soft skills you will need. You can choose negotiation, active listening, problem solving, or any other skill, follow the instructions and practice it, and your success is inevitable. Once you develop your talent for this, you’ll discover whole new worlds opening up for your dream career.

Open the door, and nobody will close it!

I believe that your deep desire is to become a project leader. If you agree with me, then you should listen to this audiobook!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Ready Set Agile (P)2021 Ready Set Agile

SERVE for SUCCESS

The audiobook shines in the last chapters, bringing a new concept of the game—serving. It’s true that only with empathy, good listening, and humility can one achieve most because projects are done by other people than project managers.

Become a leader in project management

I knew the difference between a manager and a leader. But I was surprised that this is more critical in projects than in other management fields since a PM spends over 80% of their time communicating. I recommend this audiobook to anybody who wants to level up the game.

Always communicate

Project managers spend most of their time communicating. So a project manager has to master communication skills, whether it’s negotiation, active listening, or persuasion. The book does a great job of describing these.

Close tasks early and lead the team

Projects tend to slow down over time, get more problems, and complicated. The book develops techniques to address these symptoms.

The checklists

The audiobook comes with two checklists that make it outstanding. Both of them are practical and can change a lot in our PM game.

Lead a project of any size

Generally, I think the book fits very well with professionals and non-project managers who lead their initiatives and private projects. I lead many initiatives and process improvements that can be managed as little projects. I cooperate with people, and there, the leadership skills come into play. The author offers all leadership, interpersonal and communication skills that are essential for project management. I particularly liked advanced problem-solving skills. I struggled with certain conflict situations, but the advice to classify them per category helped me view them differently and apply an effective method. This book also gave me answers to why most projects did not succeed in our company. The author presents the essential skills a project manager needs and how they can improve the culture, gain support from the sponsor, stakeholders, and team members. I liked the tips for closing tasks quickly and preventing scope creep. Understanding team members (bits of psychology) and being your team's best fan are the first stepping stones for an efficient team. The narration is superb!

A project leader = CEO

I like the comparison of a project leader to a CEO because both are indeed leading an organization to a strategic goal. This is done with people and teams. As the author declares, you have to take and manage risks, get your hands dirty, keep the direction and be able to make unpopular decisions. This is an excellent resource for managers.

NEW PERSPECTIVE

I have gone through many books on project management, and they describe techniques and tools, such as planning, executing, monitoring, Gantt chart, WBS. However, this one is exceptional as it focuses on interpersonal skills and gathers together all that you will need to become successful.

Negotiation is key

I was surprised with many details about negotiation. I am not a strong person and do not win many battles. The audiobook provides many details and advanced strategies on negotiation, how to prepare and deal with opponents. The negotiation checklist is a great bonus. Other parts of the book were also superb.

All about competency

This audiobook is about competency and expertise in project management. I believe it serves all levels of project managers, and each will find valuable information. For me, early closing is of paramount importance. The author provides great tips for this.