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Breaking new ground in the exploration of servant leadership, Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt draw on their years of experience and research to describe, with vivid, real-world examples, how leading with care enriches people and transforms organizations in our challenging times.
Gallup recently reported that only 15% of employees in the United States are truly engaged in their workplace. Yet nearly 70% say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated....
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Using multiple anecdotes and mini-case studies, the book begins by showing how groups of people with common goals almost always fail to produce great results, either because the group gridlocks at some point or because the group members compromise their expectations for great results in order to simply 'get something done.'
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"The one primer you need to launch, lead, and sponsor successful projects. We're now living in the project economy. As the number of projects initiated in both the public and private sectors skyrockets, project management skills have become essential for all leaders and managers. But despite this project boom, the failure rate remains extremely high. Why? Leaders have too many projects and too little visibility into them, and they lack the project...
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Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation, now updated and revised in this second edition.
Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference, or what changes an organization needs to make in order to improve. This book describes what types...
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Installing agile tools and practices won't be enough to respond to rapid market change unless you lay the groundwork with six key enabling factors, identified by the United Kingdom's leading agile consulting firm, Agile Centre.
An ever-growing pile of frameworks and tools falsely offer an "easy route" to organizational agility. However, responding to rapid market change requires you alter so much more than just your way of working. Your work style...
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What do you do when the biggest threat to your project is your boss? It's not that your boss is out to get you. In fact, bosses generally mean well. But clueless leadership from a well-intentioned boss can sometimes cause more damage than a criminal mastermind tying your project to the railroad tracks. The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up provides refreshingly practical and candid insight into the best practices and techniques that project managers...
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High-performing teams don't happen by magic. You need processes that are designed in a socially intelligent way if your team is going to overcome the modern world's tough challenges with coordination. To be a star project manager, you have to communicate with people in their individual learning styles, provide accountability in ways that won't be demotivating, and run meetings and minutes that people won't tune out. Your processes must be constructed...
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"This is an absolutely brilliant book. If you really wants to learn more regarding OKRs in Agile and other important stuff related to it you must read this book. It's truly a master piece." "Super easy to read, with clear chapter summaries. Lots of solid content that is not hidden amongst fluff. Straight to the point and a must have for any agile practitioner curious about OKRs." "Allan's writing is perfect for busy managers who need to set objectives...
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Este libro digital está orientado a desarrollar las herramientas que todo líder necesita. El libro incluye:
-6 capítulos con distintos temas asociados a la comunicación.
-Al final de cada capítulo encontrará una serie de preguntas que lo ayudarán a reflexionar sobre la aplicación práctica en su empresa.
-Por último, le ofrecemos la posibilidad de una CONSULTA SIN CARGO con los profesionales de LAS 4 MIRADAS DE LA GESTIÓN EMPRESARIAL y autores...
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When so many enterprises have the strategic goal of maximizing product value to customers, changing their project management office (PMO) into a value management office (VMO) will help them do it.
Because of the widespread adoption of agile methods in organizations, there is a rapidly growing shift from a focus on projects to one on products. This shift brings dramatic changes in how organizations manage and deliver not only IT services, but their...
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Break down the barriers to effective collaboration.
For cross-functional projects to work, you need to bring together diverse ideas and resources from across your organization. But, office politics, conflicting objectives, and lack of clear authority can get in the way.
The HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams provides practical tips and advice to help you collaborate more effectively. Whether you're leading your own direct reports or building a talented...
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The leaders of a popular agile training program write about the role of self-deception in agile transformation and building high-performance cultures. When you untangle the web of lies and half-truths around you, your organizational change will get a lot more predictable.
The key to surviving organizational change is sorting through the truths, half-truths, and lies-beginning with the ones you tell yourself. That way you don't end up overpromising...
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It's a jungle out there and project managers are fighting to survive....With countless man-hours clocked and billions of dollars spent every year on project tools, the success rate for projects remains astonishingly low. So what's the solution? Introducing TACTILE Management(TM), a people-centric system that works in conjunction with an organization's existing processes. Based on the seven characteristics of high-performance project teams-transparency,...
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Important New Tools for Managing Your Small Projects As Part of a Larger Program!The first edition of Project Management for Small Projects introduced project management processes, tools, and techniques that are scalable and adaptable to small projects. Project managers learned a structured, disciplined approach to managing small projects sensibly and realistically. This new edition is updated throughout to reflect the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition,...
15) Valuable Change
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We Are In A Crisis!
85% of the change initiatives in your organisation may as well be worthless... We all know that we should be realising Value on our change initiatives. So, why don't we?
It's just too hard.
The industry has over-complicated it. From obtuse jargon to complex spiderweb mapping tools, and tracking tools that are stuck in the weeds. No one has time for that. So, we do what we've always done. Deliver a good idea and move on.
In...
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This book helps executive leaders get to grips with what it means to be an effective project sponsor.Over the author's long career as a project management professional, executive coach and board director, she has worked with many experienced leaders who have been thrown into the role of a project sponsor. Many don't know where to start or who to ask for help.This book will help you understand the fundamental skills and expected behaviours of an effective...
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Here Are the Tools to Achieve Project Management Success
Buy both The Complete Project Manager and The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit and save $18 at checkout by entering coupon code COMBO1.
This companion to The Complete Project Manager provides the tools you need to integrate key people, organizational, and technical skills. The core book establishes that success in any environment depends largely upon completing successful projects; this...
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"The Art of Project Management: A Practical Handbook" is your comprehensive guide to mastering the intricate world of project management. This meticulously crafted book takes you on a journey through the fundamental principles, methodologies, and tools that are crucial for successful project management. From initiating projects and defining goals to executing plans, monitoring progress, and closing projects effectively, this handbook covers it all....
19) Coronavirus: ¿qué necesita la gente?: Recomendaciones para un líder de equipo en época de pandemia
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La Humanidad entera está atravesando momento difíciles.
La pandemia del Coronavirus COVID-19 está afectando la vida en los cinco continentes y con excepciones, las sociedades ven afectada su normal desenvolvimiento social y económico por el ataque del virus.
¿Cómo se ve esta nueva realidad desde la óptica de los colaboradores que integran las diferentes organizaciones? Ellos y ellas son los encargados de mantener los niveles de productividad...
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El primer paso para superar una barrera es aceptar que existe.
Quienes conducen personas, saben que hay una gran variedad de obstáculos que se presentan diariamente que dificultan llegar a todos los "rincones" de una organización con directivas o lineamientos para la acción. Es decir: para lograr que los colaboradores hagan su tarea diaria de forma efectiva y diferente, acompañando los permanentes cambios en las preferencias de los clientes.
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