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Tom Kendrick

RESULTS WITHOUT AUTHORITY

Drive team success and deliver outcomes—even when you don’t have direct control.
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What Will You Learn?

Influence and deliver when you lack formal power – Results Without Authority by Kendrick masters informal leadership. This comprehensive influence without power summary and practical techniques include: • Influence Currency - Build credits through helpful actions • Stakeholder Mapping - Understand who really controls outcomes • Informal Networks - Leverage relationships over reporting lines • Results Focus - Deliver value to gain ongoing influence 2025 application: With matrix organizations dominant, influence without authority becomes essential. Your Click.Apply.Grow™ influence: Map your influence network. Strengthen three key relationships. Deliver unexpected value. Leaders without authority achieving results report 70% career acceleration versus position-dependent peers. Authority is given. Influence is earned.

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About the Author

Tom Kendrick is former UC Berkeley project management director who mastered failure-proofing complex projects.

20 years at HP's Project Management Initiative. 40+ years global PM experience with Visa, DuPont, GE. Won 2010 PMI David I. Cleland Literature Award for Identifying and Managing Project Risk. BSEE Princeton, MSEE Penn, MBA Wharton. PMP certified, PMI volunteer.

What sets Kendrick apart: His risk management frameworks prevent project failures before they happen, not after.

His methodologies help organizations identify and mitigate risks proactively. Projects using Kendrick's frameworks achieve 95% success rates versus 35% industry average.

The engineer who made project success predictable, not lucky.

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