Leading Impactful Teams

Achieving Low-Stress Success in Project Management

By: James Louttit

Narrated by: James Louttit

In the run up to 2016, I was a senior manager making what I now know were dozens of mistakes every day, but fixing them with effort and determination, and stress. It nearly killed me, but as my dad says, "experience is worth what it costs you", and that experience was worth a lot.

After I got out of hospital, I studied everything I could about projects, agile, design thinking, psychology. facilitation human behaviours, and anything else I thought would be useful to people like me. I figured out how to simplify things down and explain them to my team and stakeholders and went from being "just another" project manager working 60 hours a week, to becoming a leader in a major PLC with an empowered team who had amazing opportunities, buy-in and motivation.

After 3 years as a Chief Information Officer, coaching guiding my team to take on more and more responsibility (and get the promotions they deserved), I was able to manage my diary properly, and I went to a 4-day working week and started thinking about sharing the techniques more widely. 6 months later, I left that role and now I teach the biggest companies in Ireland how to simplify their projects and work efforts, empower their teams and generally reduce stress and achieve better outcomes all round. Many of the approaches and ideas are incredibly simple to learn and you can start using them immediately.

With stories and insights that will create several "ah-ha" moments, a lot of problems you'll recognise and even a few giggles, I hope you'll enjoy this as both entertainment and a learning experience. I guarantee that you'll take away many valuable ideas. If you don't - ping me on LinkedIn (I'm easy to find) and I'll give you double your money back.

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

©2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH (P)2024 James Louttit

Brilliant

Entertaining teacher and brilliant advice! Highly recommend for anyone. Who’s looking for a way to motivate their team and do so, while caring for the greater good.

Learning this answers so many questions

This book was good in ways i didn't know. I have worked for several different companies in different fields. I have a lot of experience with working on different teams but not in a leadership role. Listening to this and what to do help sooth the lingering frustrations in my mind on the issues I would experience in those teams. When it wasn't working and I couldn't understand why there was so much confusion. This book was very clear in the thoughts it conveyed making it easy for me to take notes and to think of examples on what to do and what not to do.

Great Project Management Book

Great new book about project management with helpful tips for in-person and remote teams. Also, great information for people leaders and individual contributors.

Great read for project leaders who want to build teams that thrive

James Louttitt’s Leading Impactful Teams is a refreshingly practical guide for leaders who want to build high-performing, purpose-driven teams. James takes common project management advice and makes it easy to understand and implement with real-world examples and actionable takeaways.

What stands out most is how practical this book is. Instead of vague leadership theories, James breaks down what actually makes a team thrive—clear communication, trust, and adaptability—and shows you exactly how to apply these principles in your own leadership.

He also tackles the challenges of leading in today’s remote and hybrid work environments, offering frameworks and insights to help you navigate change, align your team with business goals, and create a culture that drives real impact.

If you’re a leader looking to inspire your team, get better results, and refine your leadership approach, this book is packed with strategies you can start using right away.

Must-listen for project managers

James offers so many great frameworks, tools, and actionable strategies to lead projects in a sustainable, human way. 10/10 would recommend!