It is difficult to find a good picture to illustrate project management but it is essentially the art and science of getting people from different professional and cultural backgrounds to share their knowledge and effot to work together to achieve an agreed common goal within a limited budget and timescale. In the Improving Nurse Education and Practice in East Africa project (INEPEA) we did just this getting a team from 5 Universities four different countries and from many different professional backgrounds to work as a unified team, just as my son Joe would get the best out of the Luxembourg Rugby team he captained.
Hilary, who I worked with in Coopers & Lybrand went on to a career in leadership coaching and management development she believes, as I do, that leadership is a product of relationships and mutual respect that must be earnt through working experience. She and her colleague Jacqui Scholes- Rhodes wrote a book setting out their approach called "Touchpoint Leadership" published by Kogan Page. This applies both to the management of organisations and to management of projects which may involve several different agencies.