NLP for Project Managers

Book description

Project management is becoming less about managing tools and processes and more about delivering through people. This is the only book on Neurolinguistic Programming written specifically for project managers. It will equip them to communicate across cultures, resolve conflicts, motivate teams and become better leaders.

Table of contents

  1. FRONT COVER
  2. FRONT MATTER
  3. HALFTITLE PAGE
  4. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  5. TITLE PAGE
  6. COPYRIGHT
  7. DEDICATION
  8. Contents
  9. Figures
  10. Author
  11. Foreword by Mike Nichols
  12. Foreword by Bob Assirati
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Preface
  15. INTRODUCTION
    1. Structure of this book
    2. The world of project management
    3. The world of NLP
    4. World-views – the complete project manager
  16. PART 1: THE WORLD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    1. 1.1: Introduction
    2. 1.2: What is project management?
    3. 1.3: What is project success and why do projects fail?
    4. 1.4: Organisational culture and the maturity of the project organisation
    5. 1.5: People skills through the project management life cycle
    6. 1.6: People aspects in project management processes
    7. 1.7: Skills and characteristics of effective project managers
    8. 1.8: Summary of Part 1
  17. PART 2: THE WORLD OF NLP
    1. 2.1: Introduction
    2. 2.2: About NLP
    3. 2.3: The four pillars of NLP
    4. 2.4: Presuppositions of NLP
    5. 2.5: World-views and filters
    6. 2.6: The unconscious mind – who is in charge?
    7. 2.7: Beliefs, values and identity
    8. 2.8: Meta-programs and behaviours
    9. 2.9: Frames and reframing
    10. 2.10: Representational systems and our primary senses
    11. 2.11: Sensory acuity, body language and mind reading
    12. 2.12: Sub-modalities – the coding of our memories
    13. 2.13: Anchoring of state
    14. 2.14: Rapport – the doorway to better communication
    15. 2.15: Surface and deep structure of language using the meta-model
    16. 2.16: Timelines
    17. 2.17: Modelling of excellence
    18. 2.18: summaryof Part 2
  18. PART 3: BRINGING THE TWO WORLDS TOGETHER – PUTTING NLP INTO PRACTICE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    1. 3.1: Introduction
    2. 3.2: Ethics and well formed outcomes
    3. 3.3: Why these skills?
    4. 3.4: Adopting an attitude of continuous development
    5. 3.5: Know thyself – developing self awareness
    6. 3.6: Be your own coach
    7. 3.7: State management
    8. 3.8: Handling stress
    9. 3.9: Presenting yourself
    10. 3.10: Being assertive while avoiding conflict
    11. 3.11: Developing flexibility in approach and style
    12. 3.12: Setting your own goals and achieving well-formed outcomes
    13. 3.13: Time – managing it and living in it
    14. 3.14: Seeing the bigger picture while managing the detail
    15. 3.15: Building rapport with stakeholders
    16. 3.16: Listening skills – hearing what’s not being said
    17. 3.17: Reframing difficult situations and delivering bad news well
    18. 3.18: Bridging the divide – negotiation, persuasion and managing difficult people
    19. 3.19: Motivating the project team
    20. 3.20: Giving and receiving feedback
    21. 3.21: Modelling excellence
    22. 3.22: Summary of Part 3
  19. APPENDICES
  20. APPENDIX 1: TAKING THINGS FURTHER
  21. APPENDIX 2: A VIRTUAL WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGER
  22. APPENDIX 3: CHANGING BELIEFS THAT LIMITED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  23. Notes
  24. Glossary of NLP terms
  25. Index

Product information

  • Title: NLP for Project Managers
  • Author(s): Peter Parkes
  • Release date: March 2011
  • Publisher(s): BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  • ISBN: 9781780170862