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Project Management For Dummies, 6th Edition
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Project Management For Dummies, 6th Edition

by Jonathan L. Portny, Stanley E. Portny
April 2022
Beginner
480 pages
12h 14m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 16

Encouraging Peak Performance by Providing Effective Leadership

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Defining the difference between leadership and management

Bullet Identifying the traits of an effective leader

Bullet Improving your ability to influence your project team

Bullet Developing and maintaining motivation on your team

Bullet Fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team

Because of the rapid changes occurring in every facet of business and personal life today, leadership is one of the most important issues facing organizations. Regardless of how your project team is structured, but particularly when you’re working in a matrix environment, your project’s success depends on your ability to organize, coordinate, and support a diverse team that’s working toward a common goal (see Chapter 11 for more specifics about the matrix structure). Often the people on your team come from different areas of your organization, have different operating styles and different backgrounds, and don’t report to you administratively. ...

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