The Entrepreneurial Project Manager (Hardcover)

1. Introduction
1.1. Philosophy
1.2. Sales
1.3. Imposter Syndrome
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
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
3.7. New School: Kicker and High Jumper
3.8. Fixed and Growth Mindsets
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)
4.6. Gym Teacher vs. Coach
4.7. Project Management Office Maturity
4.8. Followership
4.9. Execute Your Strategy
4.10. Relevance and Meaning
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
6. Entrepreneurial Agile Management
6.1. S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
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."
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
7.8. Aristotle’s Golden Mean
7.9. Learning to Say "No"
7.10. Investing in Loss
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
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
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
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
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
References
Index