Project Management:

Managerial Leadership

Project Leader Skills

"A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can."

– Fred Smith

Project Leadership

Project management provides a foundation for the art of  leadership. The best project managers are also outstanding leaders.

12 Effective Leadership Roles

The 10 Key Project Leader Skills

1. Developing a grand vision... More

50 Rules of Project Management

There are no good project managers – only lucky ones... More

Evolving Entrepreneurial Role of the Project Manager

Project Management: Two Approaches

Today project managers have to go beyond the traditional project delivery practices and master the Business Synergies approach. This new system requires thinking of the project as a business enterprise and managing the project as a business venture. Thus you have to consider not only the success of the project itself but also the success of the project outcome. You need to understand how your organization creates value for its major stakeholders – shareholders, customers, and the business team, and also take responsibility for delivering that value.

The new role of the project manager requires an ultimate knowledge of the strategy the project is supporting. Taking the business systems approach requires also knowledge of organization, motivation, marketing, accounting, cost control, finance, and quantitative decision making from the project manager's perspective.

The entrepreneurial approach to project management essentially expands two dimensions of the project management process – time and boundaries.

Entrepreneurial Leader: 4 Specific Attributes

Considering the project outcome and its lifecycle expands time beyond the traditional horizon of project completion. Project boundaries are also expanded. Stakeholders start playing more important role as partners. On the other side, market forces now go beyond the customer and end-user to include additional factors such as competition.

5 Factors that Make a Project Successful

By: Eric Verzuh, the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management

To be successful, a project must have⁴:

1. Agreement among the project stakeholders – the team, customer, and management  – on the goals of the project... More

Creating a High-Performing Team

Creating a high-performing team takes commitment on the part of the project leader to lead both the project management and team processes. You need to be a good facilitator, helping the team work through the steps of these processes. Here are some tips on being a good facilitator as suggested by Martin and Tate¹:

• Allow equal opportunity for participation by all team members

• Maintain a safe environment

• Acknowledge each person's contribution

• Enforce the team ground rules

• Focus on the team and project management processes, not the content

• Respect each person as an individual

• Resolve conflicts as they arise

• Keep the group on track

Developing Team-Based Skills

While developing your team and mastering teamwork, you'll need to hold regular team meetings so that team members can monitor progress and solve problems as they arise. You may also want to focus on your team skills, such as:

• Holding effective meetings

• Motivating and communicating

• Practicing active listening

• Providing constructive feedback

• Resolving conflicts

• Making team decisions

• Recognizing accomplishments and celebrating success

The GREAT model specifies what people must know before they can work together effectively... More

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