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Have you always wondered what you can do to improve the team you work with? Do you wonder if there is a way to ensure the product is updated periodically to ensure the final product has all the features the stakeholder wants? If you answered yes, then this is the book for you. Most project managers and organizations throw the word Agile around a lot when working on software development. Little do they know that this project management methodology can be used to develop almost any product and used by any team with a deliverable. So, what are you waiting for? Grab a copy of this book.

In The Trifecta of Trust, psychometrics and leadership expert Joseph R. Folkman has collected a mountain of compelling data to make the irrefutable case for the value of trust in leadership. Folkman’s life mission has been to provide accurate assessments for leaders to help them understand their effectiveness, impact on outcomes, and specific insights on what they can do to improve. Now you can discover the tools for increasing trust based on quantifiable results and have greater impact and effectiveness as a leader.

Discover the tools of leadership to revolutionize your workplace. Tim Stevens traveled an alternative road—leaving high school and immediately joining a national non-profit organization. He rose quickly through the ranks of leadership, but nine years later left it all behind to help an upstart...

It's great to find yourself with a new promotion and to suddenly have fresh challenges at work. But managing other people can be a daunting responsibility when it's your first time—particularly if you find yourself as the boss of former colleagues or friends. Packed with practical advice, Succeed as a New Manager will help you sail through issues such as getting to know your team, dealing with internal politics, the rise of hybrid and remote working, motivating others and celebrating success.

Remote and hybrid workplaces are here to stay, and they pose formidable obstacles that complicate managing projects and launching new products. Against this backdrop arrives Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace. In his inimitable style, Simon adeptly fuses critical research and concepts from a slew of diverse and seemingly unrelated fields, including Agile software development, human resources, supply-chain management, organizational behavior, cognitive psychology, and labor economics. Brimming with case studies, insights, and practical advice, the book is a tour de force.

Las organizaciones se enfrentan cada vez a más costos y una competencia cada vez mayor. Con Lean Seis Sigma puede combatir estos problemas y hacer crecer su negocio. Lean Seis Sigma es una metodología fascinante que está orientada a ayudarlo a aumentar la productividad de su organización y eliminar los desperdicios. La idea sintetiza dos conceptos diferentes, Lean Enterprise o Lean Manufacturing y Seis Sigma, para darle una excelente comprensión de cómo su empresa está malgastando dinero y recursos, y qué puede hacer para evitarlo.

Starting her career as a software engineer, Luba Sakharuk is well aware of the fear of failure that can creep in when new opportunities arise. Over the years, she has faced moments of doubt and questioned her abilities, time and time again, as she progressed her career. As each new chance appeared on the horizon, her limiting beliefs would kick in like clockwork. Yet, each time, the doubt faded away, to be replaced, on reflection, with a story of learning, and often success.

Leadership is not static. Instead, authority in projects shifts dynamically between project managers, individual team members, and sub-teams, depending on the situation. Leadership may be exercised through a vertical, horizontal, shared, or distributed leadership approach. However, balanced leadership ensures the best suitable approach is used in any given situation. Based on an award-winning global program of research studies, Balanced Leadership is a thorough investigation of balanced leadership in projects. 

Do you wish that you could focus your energy on creating amazing software rather than endlessly firefighting? Better Agile condenses years of experience into a short, practical guide, so that you can quickly make agile work for you. Perhaps you have already tried to adopt an agile method or technique, hoping it would fix these problems. But maybe you found that it didn't give you the benefits you were expecting, or solve the challenges you are facing. This book provides you with the solution.

Juggling all the tasks and resources you need to make a project run smoothly can seem like an onerous task—from engaging with stakeholders and scoping out the full specification of the project, through to keeping a rein on costs and sticking to schedules. Manage Projects Successfully offers calm and practical advice to help you with setting priorities, communicating with others, monitoring progress and dealing with unexpected events.

What every change leader needs to know. We are in a crisis! Eighty-five percent of the change initiatives in your organisation could be worthless...Throwing money at an unknown result. They aren't just accepting ambiguity; they are driving off a cliff, blindfolded, and hoping the car flies. But what if there was a better approach? Something a little...Simpler?...Easier? Valuable Change is a change leader's complete handbook to setting up, driving, and realising truly valuable change.

¿Sueles tener muchas ideas? Tantas, que se te hace difícil poder tomar una decisión. Bueno, felizmente existen muy buenas herramientas para la administración de ideas y una de las mejores es la creación de mapas mentales con tus ideas. Lamentablemente, no es suficiente con tomar un papel y lápiz para crear tu mapa mental. Bueno, no es suficiente si pretendes ser eficiente y productivo.

We often associate procrastinators with laziness, disorganization, and a lack of work ethic, when in reality, procrastination can boost creativity and energy while also reducing those pesky perfectionist tendencies that stifle creative thought. Learn how to procrastinate like the professions. Enjoy quality time with friends and family, take a walk in the park, enjoy a nice book, take that afternoon nap. Learn the five easy steps to a well-balanced life with the power of procrastination.

This book has been deliberately written in straightforward, jargon-free language understandable by anyone with even a modest background in business. It’s designed to show you how to manage projects of all types, small or large, local or global, in-person or digital, for any kind of organization. I want it to be your toolbox - and I’m looking at you, engineers, software developers, managers, and teachers. Your toolbox is what you go to without thinking, knowing it has the thing you need, and knowing, too, where to find it.

Few things are as fundamental in business as communication. At a time when routines are being displaced by automation and everything is just "a project," employees often feel uninformed, and companies feel like piles of chaos. Face-to-face meetings, emails, and phone calls are holding the enterprise together in a makeshift way, as if tied together with twine. Internal politics is not only the order of the day, but a fundamental tool for effectiveness. Board members as well as employees who simply want to get meaningful work done are becoming more and more frustrated.

Startup, Führungskraft, Existenzgründung, Projektmanagement: Endlich erfolgreich! Mit diesem 4 in 1 Hörbuch besitzen Sie die erprobte Schritt für Schritt Anleitung zum aufstrebenden Unternehmer - für Beginner bis Profis! Sie möchten ein eigenes Unternehmen gründen? Möchten Sie eigene Projekte oder ganze Unternehmen leiten? Wollen Sie sich selbstständig machen, um endlich Ihr eigener Chef zu sein und finanziell unabhängig zu werden?

Si estás gestionando tu primer proyecto o simplemente estás cansado de improvisar, la Guía HBR Gestión de Proyectos te proporcionará las herramientas y la confianza que necesitas para definir y alcanzar objetivos inteligentes, y te enseñará a aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas para mejorar el desarrollo de futuros proyectos.

Unklarheit ist ein großer Stressfaktor in unserem Leben Tagtäglich müssen wir in Windeseile Entscheidungen treffen, Projekte abschließen und verschiedenen Rollen gerecht werden - bis wir gar nicht mehr erkennen können, wohin wir eigentlich steuern. Und uns am Ende der Wahl einer neuen Kaffeemaschine mit übertriebener Leidenschaft widmen - anstatt einmal innezuhalten und das zu tun, was jetzt wirklich wichtig ist.

¿Alguna vez has escuchado comparaciones de los negocios con un juego de ajedrez? Si eres un líder en cualquier sector, sabes que los negocios de hoy se sienten más como un juego de póker caótico, uno en el que no puedes ver todas las cartas y estás seguro de que algunos oponentes tienen un as bajo la manga.

Wenige Dinge sind im Unternehmen so grundlegend wie Kommunikation. In einer Zeit, in der die Routine durch Automation verdrängt wird und alles nur noch "ein Projekt" ist, fühlen sich Mitarbeitende oft uninformiert und das eigene Unternehmen gleicht einem Chaoshaufen. Wie an Bindfäden halten persönliche Meetings, E-Mails und Telefonate die Unternehmensarchitektur notdürftig zusammen und Politik ist nicht nur an der Tagesordnung, sondern grundlegendes Werkzeug für Wirksamkeit. Immer mehr sind davon frustriert.