Leadership, Soft Skills, and You. Mind Your Own Business * Are You a Benevolent Dictator? You Should Be! * Ask for Help -- or Become Part of the Problem * What Good Is a PM Mentor? * Is Your Professional Behavior Respected? * Recognizing and Dealing with Professional Immaturity * Behaviors to Master When Dealing with Your Leaders * Are You Too Soft? * Foster Interpersonal Communications * Turn Criticism into an Asset * Dealing with Difficult People * Don't Fear Failure * A Silver Bullet? Roles and Responsibilities. Duties of the Effective Project Manager * Duties of the Effective Resource Manager * Duties of the Effective Project Sponsor * How Technical Must a Project Manager Be? Project Initiation. Are You Learning from Project to Project? * Create the Desired Culture for Your Project Project Planning. Should You Be Given a Project End Date? * Meet Minimum Requirements -- Anything More Is Too Much * Do Not Make Long-Term Project Commitments * The Effect of Multitasking on Productivity * Contingency Buffer: Expect the Unexpected * Scope Creep: Runaway Train or Good Business? Project Execution and Control. The Project Tracking Meeting * The Day After * Manage to Your Top Three Problems * Treat All Project Members Equally * Inspect What You Expect * Escalate Is Not a Dirty Word * Declare Your Project's Risk Value * How to Run an Effective Meeting * The S-Shape Curve 50/70 Rule Project Closeout. Conducting a Post-Project Review Promoting the Advancement of Project Management beyond Your Projects. Project Review Mentoring Workshops * The Project Manager/Resource Manager Leadership Workshop * How to Institutionalize Improvements in Your Organization
Leadership, Soft Skills, and You. Mind Your Own Business. Are You a Benevolent Dictator? You Should Be!. Ask for Help - or Become Part of the Problem. What Good Is a PM Mentor?. Is Your Professional Behavior Respected?. Recognizing and Dealing with Professional Immaturity. Behaviors to Master When Dealing with Your Leaders. Are You Too Soft?. Foster Interpersonal Communications. Turn Criticism into an Asset. Dealing with Difficult People. Don't Fear Failure. A Silver Bullet?
Roles and Responsibilities. Duties of the Effective Project Manager. Duties of the Effective Resource Manager. Duties of the Effective Project Sponsor. How Technical Must a Project Manager Be?
Project Initiation. Are You Learning from Project to Project?. Create the Desired Culture for Your Project
Project Planning. Should You Be Given a Project End Date?. Meet Minimum Requirements - Anything More Is Too Much. Do Not Make Long-Term Project Commitments. The Effect of Multitasking on Productivity. Contingency Buffer: Expect the Unexpected. Scope Creep: Runaway Train or Good Business?
Project Execution and Control. The Project Tracking Meeting. The Day After. Manage to Your Top Three Problems. Treat All Project Members Equally. Inspect What You Expect. Escalate Is Not a Dirty Word. Declare Your Project's Risk Value. How to Run an Effective Meeting. The S-Shape Curve 50/70 Rule
Project Closeout. Conducting a Post-Project Review
Promoting the Advancement of Project Management beyond Your Projects. Project Review Mentoring Workshops. The Project Manager/Resource Manager Leadership Workshop. How to Institutionalize Improvements in Your Organization
