The Entrepreneurial Project Manager [Paperback]

Introduction. Traditional Mindset. Entrepreneurial Mindset. Organizational Strategy. Exploit Challenges. Entrepreneurial Agile Management. Pessimistic Optimist. 80/20 Technique. Internalize Failure and Success. Speaking and Influencing. It Is What It Is Not. Giving Back.

Entrepreneurs must stay cutting-edge to make their businesses thrive. This book features a cutting-edge approach to project management that enables you to take your technical skills as a project manager, add the elements of an entrepreneur, and create a high-powered team around you as well as become the best project manager you can be.

Over the past ten years, Christopher Cook, PMP, has spent his career in the construction industry. Aspects of the industry include heavy highway, aggregates, sewer, and grading roads. During this time, he earned his Bachelors of Science in Industrial Technology Management with an emphasis in Building Construction Management, Masters of Science in Project Management, and Project Management Professional (PMP)? certification. In those years, he served as a laborer and worked his way up to estimator and master scheduler roles. Serving in these various roles has provided many opportunities to monitor and control projects from headquarters. The portfolio of projects is in the tens of millions of dollars annually. Working side by side with operations, he has the technical skills necessary for daily work while learning the management way of doing things to serve as a better manager. He is a member of the local Project Management Institute (PMI) chapter in Denver, Colorado. Having the right education and technical background has proven vital to his success and continued growth in the industry. He shares his project management insights weekly through The EntrePMeur blog (http://entrepmeur.wpengine.com).

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