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You carry the responsibility. You command almost none of it.
Most leadership advice assumes settled teams, shared history and authority that means something. Complex projects offer none of that. A major programme is a temporary organisation, assembled from strangers across clients, contractors and supply chains. Trust, culture and a common language all have to be built from zero while the clock is already running. And nobody actually reports to you.
Nobody Works for You is the field guide for leading it anyway.
John Walsh and Simon Goswell draw on decades of experience in nuclear, defence and infrastructure, and on behavioural data from more than 650 teams across 180 organisations. The result is a practical book that skips the theory and covers what actually moves the work.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Build trust quickly between organisations that have never worked together
- Influence people you cannot instruct, and create ownership without formal authority
- Make sound decisions when you lack time, certainty or full information
- Hold scope, manage risk and keep commercial reality in view across many parties
- Have the honest conversations most project leaders avoid
- Turn a group of capable individuals into a high-performing team
- Read the politics, manage stakeholders and keep decision rights clear
- Protect your clarity, energy and judgement through the long life of a project
The book is written for project directors, programme managers, engineers stepping into leadership and anyone delivering work they can't command. It explains why projects are so often won or lost before execution begins, and why the hardest problems are rarely technical.
Because on a complex project, the engineering rarely catches you out. The behaviour does.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. You carry the responsibility. You command almost none of it.Most leadership advice assumes settled teams, shared history and authority that means something. Complex projects offer none of that. A major programme is a temporary organisation, assembled from strangers across clients, contractors and supply chains. Trust, culture and a common language all have to be built from zero while the clock is already running. And nobody actually reports to you.Nobody Works for You is the field guide for leading it anyway.John Walsh and Simon Goswell draw on decades of experience in nuclear, defence and infrastructure, and on behavioural data from more than 650 teams across 180 organisations. The result is a practical book that skips the theory and covers what actually moves the work.Inside, you'll learn how to: Build trust quickly between organisations that have never worked togetherInfluence people you cannot instruct, and create ownership without formal authorityMake sound decisions when you lack time, certainty or full informationHold scope, manage risk and keep commercial reality in view across many partiesHave the honest conversations most project leaders avoidTurn a group of capable individuals into a high-performing teamRead the politics, manage stakeholders and keep decision rights clearProtect your clarity, energy and judgement through the long life of a projectThe book is written for project directors, programme managers, engineers stepping into leadership and anyone delivering work they can't command. It explains why projects are so often won or lost before execution begins, and why the hardest problems are rarely technical.Because on a complex project, the engineering rarely catches you out. The behaviour does. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781918502053
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. You carry the responsibility. You command almost none of it.Most leadership advice assumes settled teams, shared history and authority that means something. Complex projects offer none of that. A major programme is a temporary organisation, assembled from strangers across clients, contractors and supply chains. Trust, culture and a common language all have to be built from zero while the clock is already running. And nobody actually reports to you.Nobody Works for You is the field guide for leading it anyway.John Walsh and Simon Goswell draw on decades of experience in nuclear, defence and infrastructure, and on behavioural data from more than 650 teams across 180 organisations. The result is a practical book that skips the theory and covers what actually moves the work.Inside, you'll learn how to: Build trust quickly between organisations that have never worked togetherInfluence people you cannot instruct, and create ownership without formal authorityMake sound decisions when you lack time, certainty or full informationHold scope, manage risk and keep commercial reality in view across many partiesHave the honest conversations most project leaders avoidTurn a group of capable individuals into a high-performing teamRead the politics, manage stakeholders and keep decision rights clearProtect your clarity, energy and judgement through the long life of a projectThe book is written for project directors, programme managers, engineers stepping into leadership and anyone delivering work they can't command. It explains why projects are so often won or lost before execution begins, and why the hardest problems are rarely technical.Because on a complex project, the engineering rarely catches you out. The behaviour does. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781918502053
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