Transform Chaos Into Cooperation!
Project Management for Parents helps families…
Focus on priorities
Get organized
Boost productivity
Former Ritz-Carlton project manager Hilary Kinney applies decades of proven project management techniques to parenting, helping busy families get organized, strengthen relationships, and reduce stress.
The fast pace of modern life leaves many parents struggling to manage competing responsibilities, which can increase stress and cause conflicts. But Project Management for Parents demonstrates how a powerful set of techniques, tools, and exercises used to manage complex, time-pressured business projects for Fortune 500 companies can also work in the home.
Three simple steps form the foundation of the framework:
Step 1: Build Teamwork
Step 2: Establish Your Approach
Step 3: Succeed as a Family
The practical communication strategies, organization and planning tools, and cooperative activities in Project Management for Parents can help parents and children of any age learn to focus on their priorities, stay organized, and be more productive. They can even help children have fewer meltdowns when life gets stressful.
Learn how to improve family relationships by creating a positive environment, fostering communication, and encouraging children to think and act independently.
Discover easy-to-understand exercises and simple templates that parents and children can use in 25 real-life situations, like selecting childcare providers, managing homework, dealing with risky teenage behavior, applying to college, or moving to a new city.
Get this book today to transform chaos into cooperation, gain control of your household, and achieve your family goals―together!
You can preview the introduction and first chapter at Google Books and Amazon.
What people are saying…
“During the global pandemic, as schools closed, many parents maintained the dual roles of teacher and full-time caregiver on top of their own career. Watching parents become overwhelmed, Kinney, a project manager for a Fortune 500 company, wondered if concepts from project management and change management could help in day-to-day life. This book starts with creating intentional family culture by defining mission and values to build teamwork. Among the project management-based parenting practices Kinney proposes are encouraging ownership, creating a family plan, documenting action issues, maximizing creativity, and building agility. Chapters include sample activities and exercises. The final pages include tools and templates to be used as resources.
VERDICT Kinney’s application of project management for parenting is a unique perspective in child-rearing literature and may prove quite helpful to the many overwhelmed parents juggling career and family obligations.”
“I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is feeling overwhelmed or overburdened, who is entering into a co-parenting relationship, or who just generally wants their family to work better together as a team.”
Hilary was my project director when she became a parent. As an outstanding employee and a devoted mother, she managed special projects for The Ritz-Carlton, a $6 billion company. Her passion and dedication to her job and family are inspiring. I remember saying to her “I don’t know how you do it.” Now you can find all of her secrets in this book, and how she uses project management to create excellence at work and organize life at home.
Hervé Humler, Chairman Emeritus, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
Hilary Kinney has nailed it! Her book should be mandatory reading for anyone who has or is planning to have children. I have been married for 54 years and have three children. Where was a book like this when I was facing the daunting challenge of raising my children in a high-risk environment? Sadly, I had to learn how to achieve a “successful” family unit the hard way—trial and error. I eventually got to implementing most of Hilary’s suggestions, but not before having to recover from numerous “errors”.
Hilary’s book provides an articulate description of the suggested approach and the supporting actions that will increase the probability of achieving a strong family “team”. As a successful project manager for five decades, I am ashamed to admit that I never thought of applying proven project management techniques to my “raising a family” project. The insights provided in this book will save parents immeasurable time as they strive to nurture their children.
Lee R. Lambert, Project Management Institute (PMI) Fellow, a Founder of the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Program® and Vice President Knowledge Transfer, Roeder Consulting
Hilary is one of the best project managers I have ever worked with, and she has a true passion for quality and leading successful projects. Hilary was instrumental in establishing the Program Management Office at The Ritz-Carlton. Hilary's breadth of knowledge has made her successful in leading multiple types of projects as well as developing new tools and processes. Whether in the workplace or "real life", Hilary makes project management come alive as well as practically apply to many of life's challenges.
Len Wolin, Corporate Vice President, Global Hotel Operations, Club Quarters Hotels
“This hits home.” - Shazia (single parent)
“Great tips and tools.” - Lara (working parent)
“Don't hesitate to read this book; it might just change your family's life for the better.” - Cesar (father of 3 children)
Project Management for Parents: Engage the Family. Build Teamwork. Succeed Together.
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