The entrepreneurial project manager / Christopher Cook
- Author
- Cook, Christopher, PMP
- Published
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
- Physical Description
- xv, 195 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Philosophy -- 1.2.Sales -- 1.3.Imposter Syndrome -- ch. 2 Traditional Mindset -- 2.1.The Midas Touch -- 2.2.Setting Goals Through Stoicism -- 2.3.Taoism -- 2.4.Sales -- 2.5.Belle the Dog -- 2.6.Importance of Trust -- 2.7.Low Friction vs. High Friction -- 2.8.Passion Without Purpose -- 2.9.Old School: Kicker and High Jumper -- 2.10.Waste in Traditional Organizations -- 2.11.Leadership Modeling -- ch. 3 Entrepreneurial Mindset -- 3.1.Stoicism -- 3.2.Taoism -- 3.3.Sales -- 3.4.Vertical Slices -- 3.5.Six Thinking Hats: Use Them -- 3.6.Five Actions of an Entrepreneur -- 3.6.1.Investing -- 3.6.2.Trading -- 3.6.3.Speculating -- 3.6.4.Betting -- 3.6.5.Gambling -- 3.7.New School: Kicker and High Jumper -- 3.8.Fixed and Growth Mindsets -- ch. 4 Organizational Strategy -- 4.1.The von Manstein Matrix -- 4.2.Stoicism -- 4.3.Taoism -- 4.4.Sales -- 4.5.Common Organizational Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) -- 4.5.1.Ignoring the Slacker -- 4.5.2.Skipping the Initiating Phase -- 4.5.3.Skipping Risk Analysis -- 4.5.4."Sugar-Coating" Status -- 4.6.Gym Teacher vs. Coach -- 4.7.Project Management Office Maturity -- 4.8.Followership -- 4.9.Execute Your Strategy -- 4.10.Relevance and Meaning -- ch. 5 Exploit Challenges -- 5.1.Stoicism -- 5.2.Taoism -- 5.3.Sales -- 5.4.Freeze-Thaw Your Challenges -- 5.5.What Do You See? -- 5.6.Problem Finders vs. Problem Solvers -- 5.7.Becoming an Insider -- 5.8.Five Strategies to Overcome Obstacles -- 5.9.Obstacle: Culture -- 5.10.Obstacle: Mindset -- ch. 6 Entrepreneurial Agile Management -- 6.1.S.C.A.M.P.E.R. -- 6.1.1.Substitute -- 6.1.2.Combine -- 6.1.3.Adapt -- 6.1.4.Modify -- 6.1.5.Put to Other Uses -- 6.1.6.Eliminate or Minimize -- 6.1.7.Rearrange -- 6.2.Stoicism -- 6.3.Taoism -- 6.4.Sales -- 6.5.Lean Construction Management -- 6.6.Not Your Grandparent's To-Do List -- 6.7.How to Grow as an Agile Leader -- 6.8."We Asked Questions. We Got Answers." -- ch. 7 Pessimistic Optimist -- 7.1.Stoicism -- 7.2.Taoism -- 7.3.The Adversarial Ego -- 7.4.Sales -- 7.5.A Cautionary Tale -- 7.6.Illusion of Rationality -- 7.7.To the Film Room -- 7.7.1.Use If-Then Statements Negatively -- 7.7.2.Think for Yourself -- 7.8.Aristotle's Golden Mean -- 7.9.Learning to Say "No" -- 7.10.Investing in Loss -- ch. 8 80/20 Technique -- 8.1.Brief History -- 8.2.Application: Clients -- 8.3.Application: Team -- 8.4.Application: Yourself -- 8.5.Cost of Complexity -- 8.6.Removing Emotions from Decision Making -- 8.7.Stoicism -- 8.8.Taoism -- 8.9.Sales -- 8.10.KISS Principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid -- 8.11.Capacity -- ch. 9 Internalize Failure and Success -- 9.1.Stoicism -- 9.2.Taoism -- 9.3.Sales -- 9.4.Are You Lucky or Good? -- 9.5.Trust the System -- 9.6.Grow and Achieve -- 9.7.Celebrate the Wins -- 9.8.Can Both Parties Be Right? -- 9.9.Narcissistic Injury -- 9.10.Biases: What They Are and How to Use Them -- 9.10.1.Anchoring Bias -- 9.10.2.Framing Bias -- 9.10.3.Sunk Cost Fallacy -- 9.10.4.Regression to the Mean -- 9.10.5.Hot Hand Fallacy -- 9.10.6.Illusion of Control -- ch. 10 Speaking and Influencing -- 10.1.Stoicism -- 10.2.Taoism -- 10.3.Sales -- 10.4.Skimming Information -- 10.5.Speak Through Your Work -- 10.6.Increase Your Influence -- 10.7.Office Politics -- 10.8.Getting Back on the Horse -- ch. 11 It Is What It Is Not -- 11.1.Stoicism -- 11.2.Taoism -- 11.3.Sales -- 11.4.Problem Managers---Problem Solvers -- 11.5.A = B, B = C, Then A [≠] C -- 11.6.Alchemy -- 11.7.Pride---Fool's Gold -- 11.8.Social Intelligence -- ch. 12 Giving Back -- 12.1.Stoicism -- 12.2.Taoism -- 12.3.Sales -- 12.4.Happiness: It Is Simple Math -- 12.5.Gospel of Wealth -- 12.6.Recognition -- 12.7.Being Human -- 12.8.Show Me the Tools.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781498782357 hardcover alkaline paper
1498782353 hardcover alkaline paper - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Robert W. Scott University Libraries Fund in Support of Honor's Education; 2017
- Endowment Note
- Robert W. Scott University Libraries Fund in Support of Honor's Education
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