Chapter 9 Leadership’s Relationship to Projects
Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.
—Mary D. Poole
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
—Rosalynn Carter
True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.
—Sheri L. Dew
Each troubled project comes with its own variety of challenges. But one is common to all—leadership. I have yet to be called in to recover a project that was surrounded with great leadership. ...
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