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Leadership
“The ability to inspire confidence and 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 relationships rather than administration
Important differences exist between the two on:
•Creation of purpose •Outcomes
•Network development •Execution
•Focus timeframe
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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
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 maintenance behaviors and serve to:
• update all participants
• increase understanding & commitment
• make decisions
• provide visibility
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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
• 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 Roles
Traditional Duties
• technical understanding
• leadership
• coordination & control
• obtaining resources
• administrative
Nontraditional Duties
• 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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The New Project Leadership
Four competencies determine a project leader’s success:
1. Understanding and practicing the power of appreciation
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 programs
Develop a unique reward system
Identify a distinct career path
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