Results Without Authority, Tom Kendrick
Results Without Authority, Tom Kendrick
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Results Without Authority
Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You

Author: Tom Kendrick

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 05/18/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

For project managers looking to establish credibility and drive winning results, author Tom Kendrick’s groundbreaking system provides the key to leading cross-functional, outsourced, and other types of teams through every stage of the project cycle.Results Without Authority is the definitive book on control--teaching the three principal levels of control, including project process, influence, and metrics, among other important areas. You learn the surefire way to keep projects moving forward: by relying only on these factors.The book’s completely updated second edition includes new information on:agile methods and evolving project management tools,strategies for working with virtual teams,analytical versus “blink” decision processes,the use (and misuse) of social media in project environments,and the myth of multitasking.For project leaders lacking clear-cut authority, getting everyone on board--and keeping them there--can be a challenge. Whether you’re managing small, team-level projects or major organizational initiatives, Results Without Authority is the must-have guide to getting the best outcomes for your company.

About Tom Kendrick

Tom Kendrick the former Program Director for the project management curriculum at UC Berkeley Extension, and lives in the Bay area near San Francisco, California. He is a past award recipient of the Project Management Institute (PMI) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for "Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project" (now in it's fourth edition).  Tom is also a certified PMP and serves as a volunteer for both the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and PMI.org.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

I listened to this book on audio not sure what to expect. Projects are such a part of every leader's day. Generally if I am not leading a project, I'm on a project team, and at the least I have tasks for a project. I only gave this book 3 stars, because the depth of the topic was much greater than I......more

Goodreads review by Sulaiman

Unlike many books that focus on how to manage a project, this book is very special. It explains how the human factor, relations, buy in, other tactics can help you to manage your project. It takes you through out all phases of projects and in every phase explains the impact you could do if you consi......more

Goodreads review by Pancho

Perhaps a fully-immersed Project Manager would find greater value in the book, but it was not of terribly great help to my non-traditional project management environment. I made it half-way through, but I could not finish this book as it was written. It is full of excessive detail that could be summ......more

Goodreads review by Leif

Newly appointed project leader and wish to lead it 'By the Book'? Well this book could easily be THE book. It is a straightforward, comprehensive and clear introduction to waterfall-type project management from inception to wrap-up. A such I would give it four stars at the least. However, the title......more

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