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The Whole Book

Hear Mike’s wide ranging interview about Brilliant Project Leader,
conducted by Samad Aidane on Samad’s Guerrilla Project Management website.

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Chapter 2: Focus on Individuals

Templates

• Your Project Leadership Point of View

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Chapter 4: Foster a True Sense of Team Spirit

A brilliant example in this chapter offers team names chosen by contestants in the
TV series The Apprentice, both in the UK and US.  I challenge readers to guess
which were chosen by men’s teams and which by women, and which come from
the US show and which from the UK.  If you want to see the answers, click here.

For an archive of my blogs on the UK series of
The Apprentice and Young Apprentice, and all
blogs of the current series, see here.

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Chapter 5: Communicate Relentlessly – and well

Templates

• Project Meeting Agenda
• Project Meeting Minutes
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Stakeholder Communication Plan

For more on effective meetings and other aspects of personal time management,
look at the Brilliant Time Management blog.

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Chapter 6: Project Definition Stage

For more on negotiating and persuading, look at the Brilliant Influence blog.

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Chapter 7: Project Planning Stage

Templates

• Linear Responsibility Chart
• Work Package Definition
• Gantt Chart

For more on project risk Management, look at my Risk Happens! site.  Here you can download the resources I have developed to accompany Risk Happens! Managing Risk and Avoiding Failure in Business Projects.  These include templates for:

• Risk Register
• Risk Management Plan
• Risk Response Plan

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Chapter 8: Project Delivery Stage

Templates

• Project Change Request form
• Project Change Control log
• Lessons Learned log

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Chapter 9: Project Closure Stage

Templates

• Project Closure Memo

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Chapter 12: Tough Times: Tough Leader

Read Mike’s interview about resilience, with Elizabeth Harrin of
“A Girl’s Guide to Project Management” on the TalkingWork site:
“Becoming more resilient: interview with Mike Clayton“.

For more on negotiating and persuading,
look at the Brilliant Influence blog.

For more on managing your stress and remaining resilient,
look at the Brilliant Stress Management blog.

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