WORTH SHARING: Essays & Tools to Help Project Managers & Their Teams

In 2015 I pulled some of the best articles from my Inspired Project Teams website (among others) to include in my 300+ page book, Worth Sharing... If you're looking for topics to inspire you or your team, check out the book's Interactive Table of Contents below. The links will take you directly to each of the "read-it-online" chapters within the book. (Note: Chapters listed in BOLD are focused on issues related to inspiring yourself or your project team.) Enjoy!

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In summary: It's an eclectic compilation of practical PM tools, thought-provoking PM essays and suggestions for helping individual project managers and their teams stay sane while delivering good quality finished products. It consists of 54 Chapters and hundreds of live links to additional PM resources. Most of the chapters were originally published as blog posts through Greer's websites and have never before been released in book form. (See http://worth-sharing.net for info on Greer's websites, blog posts, videos, etc.) A few chapters include some important, classic excerpts from Greer's previous books.

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WORTH SHARING:
Essays & Tools to Help Project Managers
& Their Teams

Interactive Table of Contents

• Dedication
• Introduction

• The Meaning of Project Management

• Project Management: “A Technology of Manifestation…”
• The Project Manager as Plate-Spinning Juggler
• The Origins of My PM Minimalism: It’s Not Merely Simple-Minded... It’s About PM Essences

• PM Techniques

• My PM Vision & Values: 20 Practices & Attitudes That Might Help You Become a Better Project Manager
• Five Actions That Will Help You Sell That Complicated Project
• Step Away from the Computer and Get Out Your Post-It Notes!
• Keeping Things Moving: A “To Do” List to Help You Execute, Control, and Close Out Your Project
• 14 Key Principles for PM Success
• Project Life Cycles versus Key PM Processes
• Beyond Words: The Power of "Making It Real" to Inspire and Focus Effort
• Formal, Written Sign Off: A Simple and Powerful PM Tool
• Rework will happen! So don't be ambushed. Build it in.
• Project "Post Mortem" Review Questions
• Ten Guaranteed Ways to Screw Up Any Project
• Summary: 10 Steps to Project Success

• Working with Your Team and Maintaining Your Sanity

• Ready, Fire, Aim? Or Seek First to Understand?
• Balancing Authority and Responsibility: It's All About Trust!
• Are You Causing Suffering for Your Project Team?
• Nurturing Corn Stalks Among the Soybeans
• Managing People with Self-Induced ADHD (er... Chronic Multitaskers)
• Reflections on Sochi, the “Second Screen” and Half-Baked Decisions
• Forgive Them. It's Just Their Inner Chihuahua.
• Why it’s Pointless to Argue about Politics or Religion
• Three Broad Strategies to Reward and Motivate Volunteers on Your Project Team
• One Simple Thing to Improve Projects or PM (An Anthology)
• How to Survive Family Projects: 5 PM Best Practices
• 10 Podcasts to Inspire Your Family "Team"

• Peace of Mind

• Why You Should Trust Your Judgment (Your "Inner Wisdom Filter")
• 10 Specific Actions That Can Help You Become Happier
• Meditation Fact Sheet: Scientifically Proven Benefits and a Who's Who of Famous Meditators
• How Mindfulness Meditation Helps Me Laugh at Mental Soap Bubbles
• Leveraging Inspiration: 10 Simple Practices to Keep Your Creative Output Flowing
• So what's your story? And how's it working for you?
• A lesson from the humble pelican: find your unique mission, then soar!
• Curate Your Own News: Why You Should and How You Can
• Are you clinging to your mummified past?
• Palm trees and pear blossoms or 10 feet of dog pooh? It's a choice!
• Hurricane Sandy: Shining a Light on Surrender, Acceptance and Focused Action
• Everything you own, owns you back! (So acquire with care!)

• PM Leadership and Vision

• What's project portfolio management (PPM) and why should project managers care about it?
• Go too many projects? Prioritize them!
• Be a role model of PM Minimalism: Manage your projects with a 1-page checklist!
• "Cut the Fat" Audit Part 1: The Sources of PM Bloat
• "Cut the Fat" Audit Part 2: A PM Weight Loss Strategy
• The Project Management Change Agent: How to Lead Your PM Revolution
• The PM Minimalist Integration Guide: Adopting Project Management Minimalism in Your Organization

• Of PM Skills and How They Are Acquired

• The Accidental Project Manager
• Project Management is a broad human practice, not merely a profession.
• How to Get Your First Job in Project Management (PM)
• How to Teach Yourself About Project Management without Spending Any Money on Training or Consultants
• Beyond PM Certification: Achieving PM Performance Improvement
• Seven Benefits of Local PM Certification
• How to Create a Locally-Relevant Set of PM Job Tasks and Competencies Based on Job Level
• Advanced Project Management Training: Focus on Local Complexity, not PM Esoterica.
• How to Find My Publications or Follow Me
• About My "WORTH SHARING" Website