Lecture 4

Leadership and

The Project Management

By : Prof. Lili Saghafi

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Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, students will be able to:

� Understand how project management is a “leader intensive” profession.

� Distinguish between the role of a manager and the

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� Distinguish between the role of a manager and the characteristics of a leader.

� Understand the concept of emotional intelligence as it relates to how project managers lead.

� Recognize traits that are strongly linked to effective project leadership.

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Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, students will be able to:

� Understand the implications of time orientation on project management.

� Identify the key roles project champions play in project

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� Identify the key roles project champions play in project success.

� Recognize the principles that typify the new project leadership.

� Understand the development of project management professionalism in the discipline.

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Leadership

“The ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to support among the people who are needed to

achieve organizational goals.”

Project management is leader intensive!

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Leaders Vs. Managers�Managers have official titles in an

organization

�Leaders focus on interpersonal relationshipsrather than administration

Important differences exist between the two on:

•Creation of purpose •Outcomes

•Network development •Execution

•Focus timeframe

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Differences Between Managers

and Leaders

innovate

Command respect

develop new processesfocus on people

inspire trust

have long-term goal

focused on potentialoriginate

do the right thing

earn their position

LEADERS

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administer

Demand respect

maintain the status quo focus on systems

strive for control

short-term view

focused on the bottom lineimitate

do things right

state their position

have long-term goalearn their position

MANAGERS

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How the Project Manager Leads

Project managers function as mini-CEOs and manage both “hard” technical details and “soft” people issues.

Project managers:

�acquire project resources

�motivate and build teams

�have a vision and fight fires

�communicate

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Acquiring Resources

Project are under funded for a variety of reasons:

�vague goals

�no sponsor�no sponsor

�requirements understated

�insufficient funds

�distrust between managers

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Communication

It is critical for a project manager to maintain strong contact with all stakeholders

Project meetings feature task oriented and group Project meetings feature task oriented and group maintenance behaviors and serve to:

�update all participants

�increase understanding & commitment

�make decisions

�provide visibility

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Leadership & Emotional IntelligenceEmotional intelligence refers to leaders’ ability to understand that effective leadership is part of the emotional and relational transaction between subordinates and themselves.

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Five elements characterize emotional intelligence:

� Self-awareness

� Self-regulation

� Motivation

� Empathy

� Social skill

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Traits of Effective Project Leaders

A number of studies on effective project leadership reveal these common themes:

�Good communication

�Flexibility to deal with ambiguity

�Work well with project team

�Skilled at various influence tactics

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Leading & Time Orientation

Alignment

• timeline orientation

• future time perspective

• time span Skills• time span

• poly/monochronic

• time conception

Skills

• warping

• creating future vision

• chunking time

• predicting

• recapturing the past

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What are Project Champions?

Champions are fanatics in the single-minded pursuit of their pet ideas.

Champions can be:

�creative originators

�entrepreneurs

�godfathers or sponsors

�project managers

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Champion RolesTraditional Duties

� technical understanding

� leadership

� coordination & controlNontraditional Duties

• cheerleader� coordination & control

� obtaining resources

� administrative

• cheerleader

• visionary

• politician

• risk taker

• ambassador

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Creating Project Champions

�Identify and encourage their emergence

�Encourage and reward risk takers

�Remember the emotional connection

�Free champions from traditional management

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New Project Leadership

Four competencies determine a project leader’s success:

1. Understanding and practicing the power of appreciationappreciation

2. Reminding people what’s important

3. Generating and sustaining trust

4. Aligning with the led

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Project Management Professionalism

o Project work is becoming the standard for many organizations

o There is a critical need to upgrade the skills of current project workers

o Project managers and support personnel need dedicated career paths

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Creating Project Managers

�Match personalities with project work

�Formalize commitment to project work with training programstraining programs

�Develop a unique reward system

�Identify a distinct career path

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Summary

1. Understand how project management is a “leader intensive” profession.

2. Distinguish between the role of a manager and the characteristics of a leader.

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characteristics of a leader.

3. Understand the concept of emotional intelligence as it relates to how project managers lead.

4. Recognize traits that are strongly linked to effective project leadership.

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Summary

5. Understand the implications of time orientation on project management.

6. Identify the key roles project champions play in project success.

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project success.

7. Recognize the principles that typify the new project leadership.

8. Understand the development of project management professionalism in the discipline.

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