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

Win the project management game

A project manager role is similar to a sports coach—you can win only with your team. You have to focus on essential aspects, such as being a leader, planning the scope and time, managing risks, and becoming a strong executor in closing tasks early. These are well developed in the book.

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!

Project Management Treasure

If you want to become an exceptional project manager, grab a copy of this audiobook, you will find a treasure.

Ethics and integrity

It seems obvious that everybody works ethically and with integrity. However, I have seen projects where this was lacking and it included managers. The author team captured this aspect in their book.

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.

101 Bundle

The bundle's first book is about closing tasks early, dealing with a sponsor, and others who are involved. The second book brings this to a new level focusing on negotiation, serving, coaching, and other leadership skills. Well done!

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.

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Communication

Emotional intelligence, leadership, and communication are critical aspects of any project manager, as we all know. These are the main topics developed in detail here. Well, most project management books are about technical skills while we have to search for soft skills elsewhere. However, this book brings them together.

Deal with problems, win battles

Problems are inevitable in projects. More complex, diverse, and lengthy projects make them very difficult. I liked the presented structured approach to how to classify and approach them. Also, preparing for negations was something I overlooked often. Now I am equipped with tools to win many battles, not just for me but for the whole project and team. Thank you!

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.

TAKES YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL

This book is going to take your project management skills up to the next level! Become more professional by being a project leader, lead your team in the right direction, negotiate with empathy and knowledge of human nature, and many more tips for achieving the super goals with this set of books! I love books of this author as it gives practical and actual information in clear words. The narration is just perfect, with great pace and intonation! highly recommend this book for newbies and professional project managers who eager to improve their proficiency. This book will not disappoint you!

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!

Win the project management game

A project manager role is similar to a sports coach—you can win only with your team. You have to focus on essential aspects, such as being a leader, planning the scope and time, managing risks, and becoming a strong executor in closing tasks early. These are well developed in the book.

Solving problems + dealing with people

The title of my review reflects the content of the audiobook. Dealing with complex problems and tasks requires the right analysis and then cooperation of the team. The author emphasizes crucial soft skills that promote a project manager to a leader. It’s well written, easily understood, and concise.

INTERVIEW

I participated in several projects as a team member. I believe I can be a good project manager and lead them. I know I would be asked what I would do to lead projects effectively in difficult situations. This book helped me to prepare well and impress during the interview. Thank you!

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.

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.