Making the transition from Project Management to Project Leadership

Lessons from 40 PPM Experts

Published August 2014

Analysts predicted a massive sea change in the world of project management - a change that is forcing project managers into a greater leadership role and requiring them to work closely with senior executives. AtTask reached out to 40 top Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) professionals and asked them the following question:

"Please share a remarkable leadership secret that had a major impact on an enterprise project you have managed. Please tell the story and the results that you achieved"

The essays in this book roughly break down into three categories. Several of the practitioners focused on the new relationship that project leaders need to forge with senior management, how to understand their concerns and communicate with them in anyway that works. Many PPM experts wrote about leading change and getting teams to work together in new ways. Finally, many of the experts wrote about specific leadership techniques that have helped them clear hurdles and remove obstacles.