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Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Guide to Leading Successful Projects
Course Overview Excerpts Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Guide to Leading Successful Projects provides concrete guidelines for leading project efforts. This course is not about theories or history. Rather, it is about giving project managers the answers they want and need. It is a how-to, real-world, no-nonsense, no-fluff or beating-around-the-bush practical guide to leading consistently successful projects. This course is based on the best-selling PM book, Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects. Most of the book has been replicated in the course notebook. Moreover, for your convenience, the course includes a copy of the book for use as a handy reference after the course. If you are fortunate to have already read the book before taking the course, then you are “ahead of the class.” That is, the time you have already invested will pay dividends to you by allowing you to move through the course more quickly. Review questions and dozens of case studies and their solutions have also been included in the course. This course offers you insights from a veteran project management practitioner, mentor, author, speaker, and instructor. Moreover, it collects the experiences and wisdom of thousands of people from across hundreds of companies and projects. The lessons learned are reduced to a simple format for ease in learning and applying them to your projects. The lessons will give you a decisive competitive edge in leading projects and working with stakeholders. Sample Topics Leadership Styles; Being Too Soft; Managing Priorities; Fostering Interpersonal Communications; Boldness; Escalations; Integrity; Accountability; Professional Behavior and Recognizing Professional Immaturity; Dealing with Criticism; the Alternative to Making Long-Term Project Commitments; Running an Effective Meeting; the Need to Fail; Dealing with Difficult People; Duties of the Effective Project Manager/Resource Manager/Project Sponsor; Giving Customers What They Need—Not What They Want; How Much Contingency Buffer Is Enough; Three Critical Actions that Are Overlooked on Most Projects; and many more specific leadership tips for promoting project success. Who Will Benefit from This Course This course is geared primarily toward project managers, and is written as much for seasoned veterans as for those new to project management. However, the course also targets project leaders, program managers, project sponsors, product managers, resource managers, functional managers, senior managers and executives, quality control personnel and anyone and everyone else who aspires to become a consistently effective project manager or leader. In fact, the course has a wealth of information—including life skills—for all members of a project or organization that will help them become more valuable employees.
The course is offered exclusively through Prodevia Learning. To learn more or enroll, simply click below and you will be linked to the course on the Prodevia Learning web site. Use the following code—pminwg—and receive a $100 discount (limited time offer; not valid with any other discounts).
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