We are moving out of the age of the manager to the age of the leader. In today's complex world where the moral contract between employers and employees is largely broken, organizations that will outperform their peers are those that nurture leadership skills. Leaders, as Jim Lewis says, are people who can get others to want to do something that you think should be done. In this video recording, Dr. Lewis examines what it takes to be a leaders today. He maintains that while some people appear to be born leaders, leadership can be learned. The trick is to get others to follow, because leadership requires followership.

CD-ROM Contents

This CD contains a 53-minute long video playable on Windows Media Player that covers:

• Management vs. leadership
• Leaders: Born or made?
• Traits of leaders
• Leaders for good, leaders for bad
• Leadership is a behavior, not a position
• Leaders and followers
• Leadership and the bottom line

James P. Lewis

Dr. Lewis is an associate professor at the University of Management and Technology. He is president of The Lewis Institute, Inc., a training and consulting company specializing in project management. Dr. Lewis trained over 20,000 supervisors and managers in Argentina, Canada, England, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

He is the author of: Team-based Project Management; Project Planning, Scheduling and Control, Third Edition; The Project Manager's Desk Reference, Second Edition; Working Together: The 12 Principles Employed by Boeing Commercial Aircraft to Manage Projects, Teams, and the Organization; Fundamentals of Project Management; How To Build and Manage a Winning Project Team; and co-author (with Bob Wysocki) of The World-Class Project Manager.

How to Obtain this CD-ROM

There are two ways to obtain this CD-ROM:

1. Purchase a copy for only $14.95 at UMT's secure Online Payment page.

2. Register for UMT's self-paced, online course Project Leadership. In addition to the CD-ROM, you will receive the following:

• Course textbook: Project Leadership, by Dr. James P. Lewis
• Course modules
• An instrument package including 5 self-assessment instruments
• Final exam
• Certificate of Completion.

If you successfully complete the course, you are eligible to earn 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute.