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In today's fast-paced, budget-conscious business landscape, tight project deadlines and high expectations are standard. This guide reveals effective practices in project management, helping professionals learn to organize, estimate, and schedule projects efficiently. You'll discover how to manage deliverables, handle changes, assess risks, maintain communication, and meet expectations by leveraging the latest technology while avoiding common pitfalls. Key features include methods for resource management to stay on track and within budget, insights into the advantages and challenges of virtual teams, and strategies for setting realistic expectations. You'll find advice on completing tasks with minimal staff and motivating project teams, along with the latest best-practice techniques. The guide emphasizes the mindset and skill set required for successful project management, including stakeholder analysis to engage audiences effectively. Additionally, it covers trends, complex project types, and assessment tools to evaluate strengths and weaknesses in software selection and team composition. Finally, it offers tactics for team motivation and cutting-edge risk management strategies, ensuring you’re well-equipped to navigate the complexities of modern project management.

Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change, John Kotter revealed why change is so hard, and provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The book became the change bible for managers worldwide.Now, in A Sense of Urgency, Kotter shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change.Why focus on urgency? Without it, any change effort is doomed. Kotter reveals the insidious nature of complacency in all its forms and guises.In this exciting new book, Kotter explains:· How to go beyond "the business case" for change to overcome the fear and anger that can suppress urgency· Ways to ensure that your actions and behaviors -- not just your words -- communicate the need for change· How to keep fanning the flames of urgency even after your transformation effort has scored some early successesWritten in Kotter's signature no-nonsense style, this concise and authoritative guide helps you set the stage for leading a successful transformation in your company.

Reveals how managers can increase their effectiveness through strategic communication, team-building, and goal-setting practices as exemplified by top executives from some of the world's most successful companies.