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Become a World-Class Project Leader and Implement World-Class Project Practices Alexander Laufer is one of the worlds wisest authorities on projects and how they work. From the Foreword by Larry Prusak, Founder and Former Executive Director, Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM) I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The stories bring home the essence of what good projects needgood leadership. They present real women and men in very difficult situations, who succeed by doing what is right for the project and end up bringing the project team together to believe in the project. Charlene (Chuck) Walrad, Managing Director, Davenport Consulting, Inc.; Vice President, Standards Activities, Board of Governors, IEEE Computer Society Alexander Laufer and his colleagues have captured the essence of what project managers must do to deliver remarkable resultsno matter where they workby leading, not following, a scripted checklist. W. Scott Cameron, Global Project Management Technology Process Owner, Procter & Gamble Company Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management is required reading for project managers who would like insights on how to improve their skills and get better project results. Nadine Chin-Santos, Senior Project Manager, Assistant Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff Stories help us to learn, and Alexander Laufers book contains wonderful stories about leadership by great leaders. If you want to lead projects, as opposed to administer them, then read these fascinating stories. Jim Highsmith, Executive Consultant, ThoughtWorks; Author, Agile Project Management InMastering the Leadership Role in Project Management, Alexander Laufer introduces us to exceptional project leaders, the best of the best, and allows us to observe, in riveting narratives, how they plan, problem solve, and inspire their teams to deliver remarkable results. Hugh Woodward, Former Chair, Project Management Institute Through eight remarkable case studies, Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management presents a start-to-finish framework for managing projects of all sizeseven the largest and most challenging projects. World-renowned expert in project management, Alexander Laufer, demonstrates both how to become a great project leader and how to lead your teams in applying the specific project practices that impact success. Laufer and his extraordinary team of contributors focus on take-home practices you can use right away, whether youre planning a new project or revitalizing a project thats already in trouble. Youll discover better and faster ways to adapt to change, learn how to give up control without losing control, use face-to-face interaction to maximize alignment, manage no fun missions in hostile environments, and learn more from your ongoing experience as a pr...