The New Project Leader. The Service-Based Project Leader’s Competency Pyramid. Self-Directed Project Leadership Development.
Jack Ferraro is the founder of
MyProjectAdvisor, a project management services company that
provides project management training and leadership development.
Jack became a project manager by accident 25 years ago while
working as a financial analyst. He has two decades of adult
training and education experience and has conducted training
sessions and developed leadership workshops for project managers.
He has 25 years of experience working with project teams and
extensive experience managing complex enterprise technology and
business process improvement projects.
As a consultant, Jack helps executives improve organizational
project management performance by leading project teams and
mentoring and coaching both project managers and business leaders
on their change initiatives. He has designed a leadership
development program to help project managers build their leadership
skills and important personal competencies to enable them to lead
strategic projects. He works closely with business leaders on how
to partner with project teams to achieve better project
results.
A frequent writer and lecturer on project management leadership
trends, he has published numerous articles and podcasts on project
leadership
The second edition of The Strategic Project Leader builds on the
first edition’s competency and self-directed leadership models to
guide not just project managers but anyone in a leadership role in
projects to master service-based project leadership. ... By using
the tools in this book, not only will your organization’s projects
have a greater chance of coming in on time, on budget, and
according to specs, but your organization will sustain the
continuous transformation required to remain competitive. —Dr.
Frank B. McCluskey, Provost and Executive Vice President (retired),
American Public University System Praise for the First Edition:...
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
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