Results Without Authority

Books, Books and More Books

Posted on by Seniye Groff

I have been reading voraciously, as usual, and have a few books to recommend:

Trapeze by Simon Mawer.  The main character, Marian, becomes a special operations spy for Britain against the Nazis.  Her special skill is that she speaks French and therefore is placed in France, where she has some previous connections.  Read on to find out what happens.  Apparently there were lots of women spies during this war.

I also read two business books:  Results Without Authority and Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers.  Both are worthy of a place on your business bookshelf.

Last night I started The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan.  I am 70 pages in and hooked.  I am always amazed by debut novels and wonder how long the writer mulled over the contents of their story before pen met paper (or fingers met keys)!

Results Without Authority

Posted on by Seniye Groff

Just finished writing my review for Tom Kendrick’s book “Results Without Authority”.  If you are a project manager, or just tasked with managing projects, this would be a good book to add to your bookshelf!

Tom Kendrick’s “Results Without Authority” shares strategies, tips and tricks for project managers and the projects they manage.  The greatest challenge for a project manager is to keep a team and project on task, even though the team does not ultimately report to the project manager.  Kendrick believes that three things can keep a project moving forward:  project process, influence and metrics or measurement.  The first half of the book explores these three elements.  The second half of the book examines when to use these elements throughout the project.

Kendrick has a no-nonsense, practical approach to managing projects.  He gives key ideas and the end of each chapter and sprinkles the chapters with lots of example stories.  Although this book is dense, with more information than most 267-paged books, this is a book you will refer to time and time again.