Project Leadership
An Introduction to Project Leadership and Communications Management

Project managers are expected to elicit top performance from all members of the project team, often in an environment of high-responsibility and low-authority coupled with the use of “borrowed resources”.  Key to accomplishing this is the understanding of and ability to implement proven leadership, communication and management theories and methods in project situations.

This intensive virtual course allows you to analyze your own management and leadership styles, compare them to modern techniques and principles, and strengthen your ability to lead others to project success.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This seminar should be attended by project managers, project leaders, technical leads, and the project executive sponsors.

COURSE FEATURES

This practical course emphasizes the fundamentals of modern leadership, management and communications techniques within the project environment.  Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Build high-performance project teams through effective leadership and communication
• Use power, politics and personality to encourage productivity and cooperation
• Resolve conflict through the use of five proven methods
• Implement effective and creative problem-solving and negotiation processes to attain agreements

COURSE OUTLINE

Project Leadership in Today’s Culture
• Definitions
• The Role of Projects and Project Managers
• Leadership
• Situational Aspects of Leadership
• Managing Change

Project Team Development
• Team Organizations
• Stages of Team Development
• Situational Leadership in Teams
• Team Leader Action Strategies
• Team Behaviors

Maximizing Interpersonal Relationships
• Communications
• Relationship Awareness
• Patterns of Motivation
• Interpersonal Development
• Behaviors During Conflict

Negotiating Solutions
• Conflict in Project Teams
• Identifying Conflict
• Managing Conflict
• Sources of Power
• Negotiating Agreement

Duration: 4 sessions
Time:  8:00 - 11:00 AM ET
           2:00 - 5:00 PM ET
           6:30 - 9:30 PM ET
Earn: 12 PDUs
Course ID:   PMV005

KNOWLEDGE AREAS ADDRESSED

This course addresses the following knowledge areas of the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge:

• Project Human Resource Management
• Project Communications Management