Other's Books on Leadership and Project Management
Education is critical to everyone in your organization. Learning about technical tools, aspects of project management and dealing with people is essential in improving performance and minimizing your frustration. Between seminars, forums, books, magazines, though, you could spend all your time just trying to find the right item. eCameron has tried to help with that by sharing some of our knowledge and helping our clients and friends get a start on the process. These items may be found in our Blog or eJournal on our website in the form of discussions, ramblings, templates and procedures.
This section of our website is a list of recommended books and a details about the books that you will not get from the publisher or a bookseller. Below you will find reviews (or a detailed synopses) we have created. In the cases where time has not allowed us to complete a review, but the book is recommended, we have supplied information from the publishers. As we finish the reviews we will modify this page and provide links to more detail. Some of the details will be published in our newsletters but since there are more books than months in the year, some detail will only be found here. Visit this page often to see what is new.
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Author: | Michael George |
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Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Education |
Released: | July 2003 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 300 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
If you are trying to implement a lean philosophy in a service industry (or just your projects), this book is a great resource. It describes what is needs and how to implement it. As a "desk resource" it at times repeats itself; however, that is great for reading sections at a time. There are a lot of tools that can be used by project managers to lean out their methodology.
Bring the advantages of Lean Six Sigma improvement out of manufacturing and into your services organization.
Primal Teams: Harnessing the Power of Emotions to Fuel Extraordinary Performance
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Author: | Jackie Barretta |
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Publisher: | AMACOM |
Released: | October 2014 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 240 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
Teams are the center piece of any project. Without a team you will most likely fail at meeting any criteria for a successful project. Jackie, a personal friend of mine, has written a great book that will open your mind on a different approach to teams.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
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Author: | Daniel H. Pink |
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Publisher: | Riverhead Books |
Released: | April 2011 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 288 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
Drive is a must read for anyone that has to motivate people to do anything. As a project manager, part of your job is inspiring people to work on or support your project. You would be foolish not to read this book and follow its advice.
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money —the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home —is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Effective Complex Project Management: An Adaptive Agile Framework for Delivering Business Value
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Author: | Robert K. Wysocki |
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Publisher: | J. Ross Publishing |
Released: | September 2014 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 328 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
If you are stepping up to manage complex projects this is a great text. It is wonderful as a standalone read, as a college text, or a desk reference.
Developed, refined, and validated by over 20 years of client experiences, Effective Complex Project Management offers a proven solution to managing any project that must succeed in the face of organizational complexity and market uncertainty. When applied and managed correctly, this intuitive framework and robust methodology will deliver the desired business value of programs and projects without fail!
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In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
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Author: | Thomas J. Peters |
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Publisher: | HarperBusiness |
Released: | February 2006 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 400 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
If you want to explore and improve your leadership style, this is a "Must Read." Why leadership? Because projects struggle under managers and they excel under leaders. Not only that, but this also gets you thinking and talking like your business leaders. How can you communicate with them if you do not think like them?
Touted as the "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table.
Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme
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Author: | Robert K. Wysocki |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Released: | December 2013 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 768 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
Another great book by Mr. Wysocki, a personal friend. This books continues to meet Bob's standard of well written project management reference and text books.
The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updated.
Now in its seventh edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics. With more than 32,000 copies sold in the last three editions, it has now been fully updated to cover the new PMBOK 5. Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added more than 100 pages of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing the coverage of best-of-breed methods and tools for ensuring project management success.
With enriched case studies, accompanying exercises and solutions on the companion website, and PowerPoint slides for all figures and tables, the book is ideal for instructors and students as well as active project managers.
Strategic Negotiation: A Breakthrough Four-Step Process for Effective Business Negotiation
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Author: | Brian Dietmeyer |
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Publisher: | Kaplan Business |
Released: | June 2004 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 224 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
Although this book it out of print, it has a wonderful and easy to use "checklist" to prep up for a negotiation. It is a great follow-on read to Getting to Yes! and talks heavily about the process of negotiation.
Corporate negotiation is a process like all other business strategies. In today's challenging and ever-changing business environment, it is imperative to understand negotiations from the perspective of both the buyer and the seller. In Strategic Negotiation, Dietmeyer and Kaplan use a research-based approach to negotiation that assists sales professionals in reaching their own business goals, while ensuring that their customers meet budget and professional objectives as well-going beyond win-win to achieve true, measurable business value for all parties at the negotiating table. The authors use their own strategic, four-step negotiation process to teach sales professionals how to attain quantifiable value in their dealings:
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
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Author: | Daniel H. Pink |
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Publisher: | Riverhead Books |
Released: | December 2013 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 272 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
Every project manager is in sales. PMs are always trying to convince someone to give people, money, time, expertise, knowledge, etc. They are always in sales mode... they just don't think of it that way.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than fifteen million people earn their keep by persuading someone else to make a purchase.
But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges:
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
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Author: | Bill George, Peter Sims, David Gergen |
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Publisher: | Jossey-Bass |
Released: | March 2007 |
Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 251 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today ’s top leaders —with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas:
- Knowing your authentic self
- Defining your values and leadership principles
- Understanding your motivations
- Building your support team
- Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Author: | Malcolm Gladwell |
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Publisher: | Back Bay Books |
Released: | January 2002 |
Type: | Softcover |
Pages: | 301 |
ISBN: | 978-0201835953 |
This book is currently under review, more details will be added when available
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.
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