The Long Way to Leadership

A New York Love Story and PMP® Journey

The Long Way to Leadership

A New York Love Story and PMP® Journey

The city was counting on her. Failure wasn’t an option.

The Long Way to Leadership follows Kendra Tyler, a Long Island City Deputy Director selected to lead one of New York City’s most ambitious transformation initiatives: a $1.8 billion project designed to modernize critical services for vulnerable residents.

As political pressure intensifies, hidden risks emerge, vendors falter, schedules slip, budgets tighten, and a corruption investigation begins reaching the highest levels of City Hall. Kendra must navigate competing priorities, executive power struggles, stakeholder resistance, and personal transformation while learning what real leadership requires.

Part urban fiction, part workplace drama, part political thriller, and part professional growth journey, this book brings project management principles to life through story.

Inside the digital edition, readers will find:

- Real-world project management challenges

- Leadership under pressure

- Stakeholder complexity

- Agile and adaptive thinking

- Value-driven outcomes

- PMP®-style practice questions

- Project management tools and artifacts

- A story of ambition, purpose, love, and leadership

This is more than a story.

It is a blueprint for leaders.

Digital Edition Includes:

- PDF eBook

- PMP® lessons woven throughout the story

- PMP® tools, artifacts, and practice questions

- Leadership and project management takeaways

Disclaimer:

This book is an independent work of fiction and supplemental learning resource. It is not an official PMI® publication and is not sponsored, endorsed, or approved by Project Management Institute, Inc. PMI®, PMP®, PMBOK®, and Project Management Professional® are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.