People Skills 3.0 Next-Generation Leadership Skills For Project Success [Paperback]

This is not your standard book on leadership! The interpersonal aspects of leadership require crucial competencies for project professionals. People Skills 3.0: Next Generation Leadership Skills for Project Success presents a very unique view of leadership- the interpersonal dynamics that impact performance. Remember: In todays world, we all are leaders in our respective enterprise efforts, regardless of whether or not we hold that title. People Skills 3.0 is your practical companion for facing and conquering the interpersonal leadership demands of our global economy. Author Steven Flannes, Ph.D., brings a unique background to the topic of leadership: clinical psychologist, operations leader, and project professional. (Dr. Flannes authored related interpersonal skills books, such as People Skills for Project Managers, translated into Russian, and Essential People Skills for Project Managers, translated into Japanese). People Skills 3.0: Five Core Beliefs: 1. As leader, you can easily learn to grasp the technical challenges. 2. The people issues, however, are more complicated. This book offers you innovative, tangible skills you can apply to master these challenges. 3. You do not need to be a natural people person to still be a good leader. 4. Small improvements in your interpersonal leadership skills will bring disproportionately big dividends in performance. 5. Learn to thrive, and not just survive, in your work and personal life (less stress, more enjoyment). People Skills 3.0 describes leadership complexities, and provides you with developmental paths you can follow to sharpen the skills needed to meet these challenges. The book presents: Next-generation leadership challenges, and what you as leader will see in our multicultural world (Chapter 1). The importance of knowing yourself. Self-knowledge is the foundation for developing interpersonal skills, the key competencies of next-generation leaders (Chapter 2). How to make the pl£Á