Brilliant Project Leader

Teaches readers how to lead projects to perfection, showing how to achieve a clear outcome in a defined time, with a limited budget, in order to motivate, inspire and develop team members.

Many people struggle to lead a project with a successful outcome and they fail to keep them to budget, deliver on time and motivate a team. This book combines practical tools, personal tips and psychological insights to that you can:

- Realistically plan not only your time and resources but everyone else' s
- Understand your team' s strengths and weaknesses
- Monitor everyone' s work and review their progress
- Ensure your communication skills and feedback inspire and encourage your team
- Successfully meet project initiatives and objectives

• Part 1: The Four Essentials of Team Leadership
• Chapter 1: You get the team you deserve
• Chapter 2: Focus on Individuals
• Chapter 3: Build and share a clear plan
• Chapter 4: Foster a true sense of team spirit
• Chapter 5: Communicate relentlessly and well
• Part 2: Leading your Project Team at each Stage of the Project
• Chapter 6: Project Definition Stage
• Chapter 7: Project Planning Stage
• Chapter 8: Project Delivery Stage
• Chapter 9: Project Closure Stage
• Part 3: Project Team Leadership in Tough Times
• Chapter 10: Tough Times: Meeting Resistance
• Chapter 11: Tough Times: Up against it
• Chapter 12: Tough Times: Tough Leader
• To Lead: Some Closing Remarks
• Glossary of Project Management Terms
• Index