THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LEARNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN 2023 – INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE LIBRARY OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS!

Project Management QuickStart Guide is Perfect for:

• Entrepreneurs, managers, or business owners who want a systematized way to achieve their business goals on time and under budget
• New or experienced project managers who want to hone their craft with expert guidance
• Jobseekers looking to supercharge their resumes and increase their value in the labor marketplace
• Students preparing for a career in the business world
• Anyone who wants to break down complex projects into manageable tasks, better manage resources, and maximize their time management skills!

Project Management QuickStart Guide Explains:

• How to use modern project management principles to tackle any project, no matter its level of complexity
• How savvy project managers set themselves up for success from the very beginning to stay organized and stay on track
• How to use deceptively simple project management tools and methods to lead your team and crush your goals - all while keeping spending in check
• How to use careful planning and project management best practices to spot and minimize risks while avoiding the common pitfalls that sink projects

You Will Learn:

• Planning From the Very Beginning – Start, plan, and execute projects of varying complexity
• How Projects Work – How to keep projects on track to deliver on time and under budget
• Using Project Management Tools – How to use tools like Gantt charts (without special software)
• How to Min

• Importance is not the same as urgency


• The five options for getting more done


• Saying no - why it's a key skill, and the words to use


• Negotiating over when, where, who, how long, and doing part of the task


• The meaning of life (yes, really)


• The balance between the present and the future


• The balance between home and work


• Running and attending meetings more efficiently


• Handing interruptions


• Perfectionism


• Better use of email


• Desks


• Lists - the three  lists that you MUST have


• How to overcome our natural tendency to put things off


• Stress - using strategies like lists to manage a stressful job or life

• Letting go


• Thanking people


• How delegation really works


• Objective setting


• What makes an effective team


• Handling difficult people


• Negativity and Criticism


• The famous Captain Of The Ship story


• Trust
  
• Communication
  

• Can you change yourself?


• Understanding your inner life scripts


• Reducing negative emotions


• The perceived (false) benefits of being aggressive and submissive


• How aggression differs from assertion


• What passive/aggressive means


• Psychological games that some people play and how to deal with them


• The four step process that helps you to know what to say in any difficult situation


• "I notice" - “I interpret that to mean" - "Am I right?”


• The one-off vs. the habit


• Faulty thinking and how to overcome it


• How  to handle criticism

• management by walking about


• thanking people


• team and project progress meetings


• making appraisal goals happen


• coaching


• going back to the floor

• What would happen if we put our price up a bit?


• What are our competitors planning


• How much time are we spending on meetings?


• What would it cost, and what would we save, if we increased our quality?


• Leadership and motivation - are you doing it right?


• How effective is your use of your time


• What extra tasks can't be delegated, and are you sure?


• Operational efficiency - can we reduce lead times and waste, and increase throughput


• What is the 20% that contributes 80% of our costs?


• Communication - could it be improved?  How is it measured?

• Building the relationship


• Selling to different types of customer


• The importance of listening


• The Questioning Funnel


• Uncovering and increasing the customer's need


• Prescribing the best solution for the customer, and how to prove to them that it really is the best for them


• How to find the real objection rather than false ones


• How to handle objections including price


• Closing in a soft way


• Personal efficiency - the foundations of effective selling


• What to do before and after a sales visit


• Monitoring and maintaining your pipeline


• Cold calling tips

• Traps to avoid when agreeing to do a project, for example saying "Maybe" or not getting everything in writing


• Kick off meetings


• The three methods for getting all of the tasks listed


• Granularity


• How to estimate the time and cost required for tasks


• Contingency - how much is needed?


• Critical paths


• The options if your project is going to take too long


• Gantt charts - how to produce them and the reasons why they are essential


• How to assess the risks of a project, and the two options for mitigating risk


• Monitoring progress


• Predicting the finished cost based on a combination of the current spend and the progress made


• The options for a project which is running late


• The three crimes of rescheduling


• The questions that need to be asked at the review.

• How to overcome fears like losing the deal, or embarrassment


• How to set a good opening offer


• How to decide on your walk away point


• What else to prepare


• How to plan for the strategies, and weaknesses, of the other person


• Getting them to open first


• The Flinch


• The three biggest mistakes made when trading


• The importance of tradeables and how to prepare for them


• Why you should always trade with the phrase "If you... then I..."


• The salami and how to deal with it


• What's wrong with the phrase "Final Offer"


• The nibble


• The quivering pen


• What you must do at the end of the negotiation.

• What can you do every day to increase the amount of happiness in your life?


• Amongst the many suggestions are


• Dabbling rather than trying to master things


• Avoiding comparing yourself


• Getting more creative activities into your life


• Getting rid of 'friends' who don't make you happy


• Spending more time with nature


• Decluttering


• How to set goals so that you can get a feeling of moving towards a worthwhile goal


• You reap what you sow


• How to get enough time for the things you want to do


• Will money make you happy?