I’ve been a practicing program manager for 5 years now and have just ordered the book! I look forward to leaning something new.

As program managers I believe we should be constantly trying to sharpen our skills knife. Especially as a program manager is likely to encounter a huge variety of situations and personalities over the course of his/her career.

Denis

I appreciate the kind words about my book, especially coming from someone with your experience.

My goal was to write a conversational book that provided insight into things a program manager should know and things we wish we knew earlier in life. This proved a little challenging with the publisher since they wanted utilitarian, dry and academic but common sense prevailed.

I even had one PMI reviewer state my book can’t be used in academic settings because it doesn’t have references. The fact that it doesn’t have references is true but I believe truth rings universal and you don’t need a reference for the truth… people intuitively know its right.

I read your blog on attracting followers. So true. As you mentioned team members should always know the project manager will support them regardless of the circumstance. I have seen some ill-advised leaders throw people under the bus and then wonder why getting people to be aggressive, lead and take risks is so hard.