Episode 285: They Told You to Become a Project Leader... Now What? (Free)




The Project Management Podcast show

Summary: Play Now: This episode is sponsored by The Agile PrepCast for The PMI-ACP Exam: Are you a project manager or do you consider yourself to be a project leader? And what are the steps in order to go from manager to more of a leader? My guest today is Shawn Dickerson (www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-dickerson/1/97/607). He is the GTM Director for AtTask, Inc. (www.attask.com) and AtTask recently published an eBook titled “Project Leadership - Lessons from 40 PPM Experts on Making the Transition from Project Management to Project Leadership”. And so we’re going to review what it means to be a project leader. From the eBook introduction we learn the following: Strong project leadership can make the difference between success and failure. When it comes to project management, we tend to talk about the tactical the assignments, the tasks, the approvals, and so on. But business is evolving, and many of us are now being asked to lead change, instead of just managing timelines and milestones. This change is not only happening, it’s accelerating. Please click here to download the eBook... Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only.  Podcast Introduction Coming very soon to a podcast near you... :-) Above are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Please subscribe to our Premium Podcast to receive a PDF transcript.