Here are practical items to support you in your personal development as a project manager. My bias: You can only truly be a success in this field when others want to work with you and on your project team.
Fundamentals
Recommended Reference Books
- Being Effective
- Organizing Yourself
- Being Persuasive
- Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow
- Understanding How Things Work
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Please note that I have found these items personally useful, and recommend them to you freely for your review. Other than the small Amazon Affiliate fee from click-through orders of the books
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Being Effective
Amazon – Levine, Stuart. The Six Fundamentals of Success: The rules for getting it right for yourself and your organization. Currency Doubleday, 2006.
Organizing Yourself
Amazon – Allen, David. Getting Things Done:
The art of stress-free productivity. Penguin, 2001
Being Persuasive
Amazon – Beckwith, Harry. Selling the Invisible: A field guide to modern marketing. Time Warner Books, 1997.
Amazon – Cialdini, Robert. Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. Free Press, 2008.
Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow
Amazon – Sanborn, Mark. You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader: How anyone, anywhere can make a positive difference. Currency Doubleday, 2006.
Understanding How Things Work
Amazon – Godin, Seth. The Dip: A little book that teaches you when to quit (and when to stick). Portfolio, 2007.
Amazon – King, W.J. and Skakoon, James. The Unwritten Laws of Business. Currency Doubleday, 2007.
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