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With this book we aim to add a useful tool to the project leader's toolbox
Projects are everywhere: Companies, institutions, associations and public administration often carry out part of their duties in the form of a project. However, professional project management is seldom implemented. All too often, it is "forgotten" that one of the success factors in project management is team work. The basis for this - communication, leadership, motivation, team spirit and conflict management - will be made familiar and more understandable to you by the many means used in this book.
Thanks to our extensive experience as project managers, managers, mediators, trainers, consultants and coaches, we are convinced that projects can only be successfully carried out if the project manager has the corresponding social competence.
Textbook, reference book or novel?
A bit of everything. You are holding three books in one in your hand.
The project management story is a practical case study, which aims to inform as well as entertain. Alongside the chapter contents, we illustrate the topics relevant to social competence in a literary manner, at the same time taking into account standards of the two international project management organizations, the International Project Management Association (IPMA®) and the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
Our story: Katharina Berghof, consultant and coach, prepares the seasoned project manager Walter Pointer for his new job as program manager and for certification in project management. With experience from coaching sessions and Katharina Berghof's preparatory texts, distributed throughout the chapters of this book, Walter Pointer goes from being a social competence grouch to becoming a sensitive, reflective program manager.
Walter's experience and insights can be seen in each chapter in the form of condensed tips and tricks, which contribute towards the book's reference aspect. The index facilitates the search for relevant social competence models and methods, whereby this volume is also a highly useful and clearly laid out textbook.
Walter and Katharina's story appears throughout the book on a gray background. The story delves into the fundamental issues regarding social competence and continually highlights aspects of its implementation. When simply consulting the book or preparing for project management qualifications, the story can of course be passed over.
Our approach
Practically orientated problems and the impulse towards daily program and project work are the reason for our systemic, constructivist approach. Of course, not every method presented is suitable for every situation. Anyone who tries to implement as much as possible in one go, is more than likely to be faced with a lack of understanding and rejection from their team members and sponsors. Intelligent selection and dosing adapted to the level of knowledge and development within the team are the secrets of success in implementing the methods presented here. For putting social competence into practice, as well as for certification, extensive know-how and in-depth knowledge of methods are an important requirement. With this book 'Light Up The Team Fire – Social Competence: The Success Factor in Project Management' we aim to add a useful tool to the project leader's toolbox, but by no means overwhelm them with too much information.
In times of fast-changing methods and concepts in business management, stability in project work is close to our hearts. We can see it above all in the reinforcement of team work from a systemic perspective. The reflective approach and the learning processes deriving from it can lead to a project culture which, despite admitting new trends, does not go along with all the methodical fads.
- Sales Rank: #1850254 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-01-20
- Released on: 2015-01-20
- Format: Kindle eBook
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An excellent, easy-to-read book for all project managers, beginning to advanced
By Stacy A. Goff
I received a copy of this book from recent IPMA (International Project Management Association) President and Chair Brigitte Schaden. Brigitte is one of the three co-authors, lives in Austria, and is the Chair of pma, IPMA-Austria. She has long been an advocate of IPMA’s “Eye of Competence,” which balances the technical side of project and program management with the leadership and social competences.
Subtitled "Social Competence: The Success Factor in Project Management," this new book (published January, 2015) is great for many audiences in project and program management. As most of us know, the leadership skills, behavioral competences, and social skills are among the hardest part of our discipline for many to master. And yet, those dimensions often account for most of our initiatives' success—or failure. This can be especially true for those of us who began our careers with a scientific background, such as in engineering, in-formation technology, or other areas—where what we know, rather than how we interact receives the most focus, until it is too late.
The challenge begins even before we begin our careers. In discussions with University deans and department heads, we ask them, "How important are the “soft skills” in a project management curriculum?" They all say those skills are very important. Then we ask, "How do you teach them?" There is usually a long silence, then we hear answers, including simulations, team exercises, and games. The truth, for most, is that there are few excellent methods—especially methods with potential for longer-term retention—for learning the social competences.
THE METHOD
This book cleverly uses allegory (story-telling), interspersed with useful content in preparation for the next story. We have our hero, Walter Pointer, working with a bright young consultant/coach. Walter has several supportive managers in his management chain, and a variety of project team members. The gist of the allegory is for our hero to move beyond past project successes with a very important new, large project or program. And, there will be even greater demand on his social competences. Thus his coach.
THE SETTING
Walter Pointer is an experienced and accomplished senior project manager in Vienna (while the context is Austria, the book is in well-translated English). He is asked to lead a major reorganization of the global, multi-site corporation. Among his challenges include his relationship with recent young newcomers who have taken leadership positions, and now bring their perspective to the somewhat reluctant "old guard." And, even with a tight timetable, plus the challenges of organizational change, our hero has six months to prepare for the project (we should all be so fortunate!).
THE SCREENPLAY
This book brings to life, in Walter's interactions with his coach, manager, and team, the range of social competences needed for project and program success on such a massive organizational change project. The blend of content, dialogue, and engaging storyline works well to deliver fairly heavy-duty topics, ranging from leader-ship styles and motivation to conflict management and ethics (which is rarely presented well elsewhere).
THE CONTENT
Over the past 30 years, most professional organizations focused on the "hardside" of project management; while IPMA, the International Project Management Association, has balanced the technical aspect with the behavioral and contextual factors. The coverage of behavioral (softside, or social competences) is well done here. It is broad and deep; surprising for such a small book (239 pages with large print in its pdf format). Of course, there is far more to this set of skills than any one book can cover. But perhaps this summary of the leadership and social competences will inspire readers to further pursue some of the topics in other readings—but you will have difficulty finding anything this easy to read and absorb.
THE CULTURE
The story takes place in Austria (and around the World), and there are certainly a few caricatures that we need to understood. Our hero is a bit of a male chauvinist, a beer-drinking good-old-boy. We have some like that in the USA, too, and the initial images of Walter provide a good foundation (if accelerated in the book) for the transition that is possible for the rest of us. Those who have had more experience working in Europe and relating to Europeans will notice many little nuances—15 years of working with IPMA member nations have prepared me well!
A GLOSSARY WOULD BE NICE
The book is very well translated, but there are still a few words that need clarification for Americans. For ex-ample, Turnover is mentioned in the book. Often, in the US, that means people leaving their job. In parts of Europe and the UK, Turnover means gross revenue or sales volume. This illustrates some of the challenges project managers in multi-national projects face in cultural appreciation. I’d say the book does a very interesting (perhaps unintended) job of helping one prepare for working "abroad."
THE AUDIENCES
I said above that this book is great for many audiences in project and program management. I can see it being useful in undergraduate and graduate university project management courses, especially those that are part of an engineering or Information Technology curriculum—where we may not otherwise be exposed to psychology, social skills, or leadership curricula. I think it could be useful in secondary schools, where I have long suggested (since the 1980s) teaching project management as a life skill. I also think this is a useful book for professional training in project management, especially in companies and agencies with international projects.
OTHER USES
Those who are preparing for IPMA certifications will find this book to support, to some extent, IPMA's ICB, the Individual Competence Baseline. It can be especially useful when the ICB introduces aspects of key topics that are unfamiliar to you. Candidates for other pm certifications will likely benefit as well—if not in preparing for their exam, then in their workplace performance. In fact, our hero Walter is asked by his manager to earn certifications from both of the leading project management associations.
GETTING IT
Light up the TEAM FIRE is available on Amazon.com in Kindle format, and is an easy and useful read. It is available in Europe in other formats as well. Enjoy!
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