Chapter 3. Control Through Influence
IT IS OFTEN SAID that management is assigned, but leadership must be earned. One aspect of earning the role of leader is building influence both within and outside of your project team. Your working style matters a great deal, and your influence with others depends on what you have to offer them in exchange for what you need and what you do to enhance your influence and maintain relationships with your team, your sponsor, and your project stakeholders.
Appropriate Leadership Styles
The introduction that most people have to project work, especially in a business context, is as a contributor. Project contributors draw on a lot of background and experience that relates to the assignments for which they are responsible. ...
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