16. Leading a Project
In This Chapter
• Understand why project leadership is important
• Understand the difference between managing and leading a project
• Understand why “old-school” management approaches don’t usually work on projects
• Review the common behaviors of effective project leaders
• Understand where leadership is needed on a project
• Discover the 12 secrets to better project leadership
• Understand why a servant leadership approach gives you the best chance of doing the right work, the right way, for the right people
Why do we include a chapter on leading a project when most introductory project management books won’t go near it? Quite simply, a person “manages” processes but “leads” people...and people accomplish projects.
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