Product Description

In addition to overseeing projects, managers are expected to provide creative input and foster an environment that can respond, rather than react, to changing parameters and fluctuating objectives. Facilitating the development of the skills required to do so, The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership offers a practical framework that will enable readers to embrace and master the role of strategy leader. It highlights the attitudes and behaviors that define successful leaders and supplies actionable advice on how to develop essential leadership skills and how to take charge of career development. 

This book includes access to the Platinum Rule^® Behavioral Style Assessment to help you evaluate your compatibility style. Its detailed report will help you become more attuned to stakeholder needs.　

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1116315 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.40 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

Review

... a truly uplifting book with a self-directed plan to build leadership competencies and recommended tools for establishing compatibility and trust that allows project leaders to truly change the world by connecting their values with their work.
–Dr. Tony Alessandra, author of The Platinum Rule and Charisma

Jack has taken the vast body of research in project management and leadership and boiled it down to its essential elements.  He provides clear direction on HOW to implement leadership practices.
–Carl Pritchard, President, Pritchard Management Associates and author of Risk Management: Concepts & Guidance

…demonstrates that project managers are strategic leaders for their respective organizations as project management is a strategic advantage for the organization.  I highly recommend this interesting and easy-to-read book.
–Ginger Levin, DPA, PMP, Project Management Consultant and co-author of The Advanced Project Management Office

Jack writes in an engaging way and his concern for the trade is infectious. Being a practitioner myself, I can only say: run and read!
–Merete Munch Lange, Project Manager

walks us through what it takes to be more than just a project leader, but to be a service-based project leader ... the crème de la crème ... the enablers of the organization. It is a must-read for project managers who want to transform the way they lead.
–Sandy Weiner, Master Certified Coach, Managing Partner, 1-Focus International

By emphasizing the leading of people and providing a roadmap for personal development, Ferraro has created an interesting and practical book.
–SciTech Book News, May 2008

About the Author
Project Management Leadership Training, Manassas, Virginia,