BOOKS
Published work
Books and chapters of books
A list of books and book chapters written by Steven Flannes.
BOOKS
People Skills 3.0: Next Generation Leadership Skills (2015)
I focused intensely on the specific interpersonal skills that leaders need for enterprise and personal success. In today’s tumultuous workplace, we require specific interpersonal skills in order to face the challenges of change, market changes, ambiguity, and conflict.
You can read cover-to-cover, or you can pick it up when you want, and read the one chapter that is specifically focused on the current people skill that you want to address.
Essential People Skills for Project Managers
I collaborated with Dr. Ginger Levin on this book (2005), fine-tuning and expanding our original book. We took the approach that people problems can hurt any enterprise effort or project, causing delays, eroding quality, increasing costs, and creating an increase in high levels of stress for the team.
CHAPTERS
Gower Handbook of People in Project Management
Published in the United Kingdom (2013), the Gower Handbook of People in Project Management examined the impact people play in determining the outcome of a project.
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Sixty authors from around the world each wrote a chapter reflecting their views on the of managing projects.
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I addressed the idea that stress hinders our cognitive performance.
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Leaders need to create their own “resilience” practice that enables them to when facing stressful periods in their projects.
Other Book Chapters
Content Committee Member for the Project Management Book of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK), Sixth Edition (2017)
Contributed text and content related to the people side of project management for this professional standards publication of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management (2007)
Contributing author on a chapter addressing leadership risks when managing projects. Management Concepts: Vienna, VA, USA.
Interpersonal Communication: Key Competencies for Enterprise Project Management
Chapter in the book Enterprise Project Management: An Introduction (2005). Y Chandra Sekhar, Editor: ICFAI Press: Hyderabad, India.