Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

I’ve put together my top list of the best books on collaboration, with a few communication skills books thrown in too. These are the books that I turn to time and time again. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers is the book I wish I had written. It’s also a book I find myself frequently recommending.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2020

Here’s my list of top change management books for leaders. Kotter is a leading authority in change management, and this is the book to start with. Aimed at people doing change management in a leadership role (aren’t we all?), This is another book that has had multiple editions, so be sure to get the latest version.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 5, 2022

and the partner book: Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2. To be honest, I didn’t think about buying any other books at the time, as those were enough alongside the course material from my training provider. Plus one book I do not recommend at all! This is the book for you. Their materials are great. PRINCE2 Agile.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 25, 2021

Getting It All Done is a book in the Working Parents series from HBR Press. It turned out to be the kind of book I would have read in one sitting, if I hadn’t known I’d be up around 5.30 am with my own kids… and I’ve got a lot better at getting enough sleep these days, however good a book is. Parenting is leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2022

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time to review again is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. It didn’t take much browsing on his website to realize that it was going to be my kind of book.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. In this article, I’m saving you some time by highlighting 15 of my recommended books for PDUs, but first, let’s cover off some details about using reading. What books qualify for PDUs?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2022

In the past I have interviewed Susanne Madsen on the topic of project leadership and her book, The Power of Project Leadership. I expected a book about leadership theory but what I got was a hugely practical guide to actually doing leadership with plenty of stories, examples and exercises. See on Amazon.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2023

Mike Clayton True leadership is not something you do when it suits you. In fact, true leadership emerges when it is least convenient, in tough times, under extremes of pressure. Here are three things we can all practice, day-to-day, to hone our leadership skills: 1. Decision-making on a project is an act of leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Project Management Coaching Workbook by Susanne Madsen is a book about how to operate with a coaching leadership style in a project environment. ” Madsen has written a unique and practical book aimed at project managers who want to perfect their craft and those in the role of coach to project managers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

There has been a notable shift in recent years to talking about project leadership, as distinct from project management. Management, as the saying goes, is about doing things right, and leadership is about doing the right things. In reality, both leadership and management are often done by the same person – the project manager.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 23, 2022

Actually, this book isn’t about coping with changes to the natural laws of Planet Earth, but rather how to manage people who are scattered all over it. A key theme throughout the book is fostering trust. The book is divided into two parts. The world is flat after all – the ancient philosophers were right! Buy on Amazon.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

Wise’s book, Trust in Virtual Teams. For me, this was the big revelation from the book. leadership support. ” My view of the book. The book includes stories from his own experience but no external case studies. Trust is a shortcut to better working relationships and better project outcomes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Beyond Collaboration Overload by Rob Cross is the book that will change how you think about working with others. This book is not a guide to how to collaborate efficiently. It’s a book about how to collaborate less. It’s a book about how to collaborate less. Everyone expects us to collaborate, all the time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2022

Books are a great way to learn different techniques and see how others use their skills. Here are my suggestions of the best books on communication in the workplace. Scroll down to the bottom for the full list of books and where to get them. My copy of this book is well-thumbed and it’s a fact-packed, well-researched book.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 1, 2022

In this video I share my four favorite books for women in leadership and women in project management positions. Watch the video, or scroll down to read more about these book choices and a few extras that I love! She has a very interesting career story which is covered in this book. Getting It All Done by HBR Press.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 10, 2022

Power Skills used to be known as Leadership Skills in the Talent Triangle but it was re-badged in 2022 to make it more relevant to the profession. Power Skills is also broader and in many ways more vague than ‘leadership’ but I would argue that’s a good thing for professional development and also for PDUs!

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I'd like to share some reflections on the essence of Scrum leadership. The conventional view of leadership often revolves around authority and power. In my experience, true leadership in Scrum comes from earning respect and providing value. It asks us to rethink how we lead and influence others. Comment below!

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2024

A simple tool we can use to understand our relationship to productivity and expand the possibilities is the creative versus reactive leadership lens. How frequently do you feel pressure to learn about the new trendy [fill in the blank] agile practice, read the books everyone is talking about, and keep getting more certifications?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

TL; DR: The Minimum Viable Library for Agile Leaders A new edition of the Minimum Viable Library on Agile Leadership is available! Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. Lackluster leadership. Execution Gaps. Disengaged executive sponsors.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders. — Leadership. What makes a bad project manager? And how can you be a good project manager? Fred Obiero. So which one are you?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 6, 2023

Business Resilience: A practical guide to sustained progress delivered at pace is a book by an impressive authoring team. The tone is set immediately with the powerful introduction: this is not a book for the faint-hearted! There are 5 domains in the business resilience framework laid out in the book. Who is this book for?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

Most organisations don’t really provide the necessary ammo apart from a few onboarding formalities and cursory ‘knowledge transfers’ More often than not, hardworking and talented people with stellar individual contributions are given leadership roles. Modern organisations and the leadership gap.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

They might place greater faith in senior leadership’s ability to overcome significant issues with the project. If you liked this article, why not pick up my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

There are so many great management, leadership, and productivity books out there but there is never enough time to read them all. They condense books and podcasts into a synopsis that you can read or listen to in 15 minutes. That is where Blinkist comes in. AppSumo is always a favorite around here.

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The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Her latest book What’s Your Catalyst? He now works with individuals and organisations around the world to help them transform the way they deliver, and he does that through writing books (The Project Book being his latest release), keynote speaking and facilitating programs. She is a Fellow of the APM in the UK.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 21, 2020

People sometimes struggle to earn the required Leadership PDUs, and The PDU Podcast can help with that too. There is a Leadership PDU package which just gives you the requirements for that part of the PMI Talent Triangle. The other great thing about The PDU Podcast is that the PDUs are already approved by PMI.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this type of program you’ve got senior leadership support – and while it may sound obvious to say that, oftentimes you don’t have the sponsorship required in project management, so it’s a good thing that it is present here. Book Recommendations for Program Management. Here’s my review of Michel Thiry’s book.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s all the stuff you know to do anyway, because it’s part of what it means to operate in a leadership role in a modern organization, whether you are working on iterative, predictive or hybrid projects. I’ll update the article when more information is available. Domain I: People.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

1: Book Virtual Meetings on a Schedule. There are so many resources at your fingertips from blogs to online and in-person trainings to books! 10: Grow Your Leadership Skills. Since my own background is in project and program management, I find the shift towards leadership especially interesting and exciting.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 5, 2021

If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Peter speaking at the APM Rethinking Leadership conference. At the same time I identified some lessons for leadership styles for project management. Without going into the touchy feely aspects of emotional response, I draw out some lessons in leadership styles and behaviors below which I found to be at root cause. The project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

I talk about how to choose, get started and collaborate with technology in my PMI best-selling book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers. Learn more about making collaboration tools work in my book. A shift to leadership. Finally, there’s also more emphasis on leadership. Bring Your Own Device. Fun times.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Get instant access to 10 high quality webinars on leadership and specialist topics to help you earn the difficult 'Power Skills' PDUs. Books also count, and there are some excellent project management books out there. These ones don’t count in my book as ‘easy’ but they are certainly doable if you put the effort in.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 26, 2023

The table below is taken from Carole Osterweil’s book, Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience and gives further examples for using SCARF in organizational and project settings. Using SCARF as a manager Understanding how the brain works adds new perspectives to many good leadership practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll look at what autocratic decision making is, when you should use it in your projects, how it fits with leadership styles, strategies for successful implementation within the workplace, and more! How does autocratic decision-making fit with leadership? What is autocratic decision making? Use with caution!

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