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New Book Review: "Manage Your Project Portfolio"

Recently posted book review for Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, by Johanna Rothman, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009, reposted here: Rothman's latest effort is all about how to create and use a project portfolio effectively. Note that while the author discusses how a

Pro Bono: Taproot Foundation Project Manager - Part 1

My pro bono Taproot Foundation project team completed the Delivery, Assessment, and Closing phases Thursday night according to the Ernst & Young devised methodology (the current Project Management Institute equivalent is the Executing and Controlling phase combined with the Closing phase) executed for our nonprofit client in the Chicago Loop

New Book Review: "Strategy Safari"

Recently posted book review for Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Management, by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel, Free Press, 1998, reposted here: Authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel provide the oft-cited "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe as

Past Book Review (July 13, 2008): "The Opposable Mind"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking, by Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business School Press, 2007, reposted here: Great topic. Essentially, Martin argues that leaders need to integrate ideas in order to succeed. Although the

New Book Review: "First Among Equals"

Recently posted book review for First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals, by Patrick J. McKenna and David H. Maister, Free Press, 2005, reposted here: Admittedly, this reviewer does agree with some of the earlier reviews here that this book does borrow some material from other works,

Pro Bono: Taproot Foundation Project Manager - Part 2

My pro bono Taproot Foundation project team completed the Draft Direction phase last night according to the Ernst & Young devised methodology (the current Project Management Institute equivalent is the Executing and Controlling phase) currently being executed for our nonprofit client in the Chicago Loop. Clockwise from left: Michael Bird

New Book Review: "The Future of Management"

Recently posted book review for The Future of Management, by Gary Hamel and Bill Breen, Harvard Business School Press, 2007, reposted here: In the preface to this text, the authors indicate that their goal is "to help [the reader] become a 21st-century management pioneer; to equip [the reader] to

New Book Review: "Leadership Beyond Reason"

Recently posted book review for Leadership Beyond Reason: How Great Leaders Succeed by Harnessing the Power of Their Values, Feelings, and Intuition, by Dr. John Townsend, Thomas Nelson, 2009, reposted here: Townsend explains quite plainly in his introduction that "great leaders succeed by harnessing the power of both the

New Book Review: "Managing Humans"

Recently posted book review for Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager, by Michael Lopp, Apress, 2007, reposted here: A lot of reviews for this work have been posted here already, including a few which puzzlingly complain about the substance of what Michael Lopp has to

New Book Review: "Leading the Charge"

Recently posted Amazon Vine book review for Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom, by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, reposted here: The authors walk the reader through, provide insights to, and discuss possible solutions to some of the many pressing leadership