Leading the Successful Project Team


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Overview/Description
When you say the word leader it conjures up various images... some very good and some equally as bad. We think of the rousing speeches of someone like Winston Churchill, the absolute determination of General Schwarzkopf or the regal aloofness of the British Royal family. Unfortunately, when we are placed in leadership roles, especially for the first time, most of us have a tendency to misunderstand our role and lead our teams beyond what is called for, or required. In fact we have been known to lead our teams right into the ground. In this course, you will learn the real role that the leader plays, from coaching and running effective team meetings, to understanding and using powerful problem-solving techniques.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Your Role as the Project Leader

  • recognise the key leadership styles and when to use each one.
  • recognise what leadership is and, just as importantly, what it isn't.
  • recognise the key differences among four major leadreship styles, including when and why to use each one.
  • recognise some of the pitfalls that face the first-time leader.

    • Leading Effective Meetings

  • recognise how to run an effective and productive meeting.
  • recognise the value of knowing when and why to have meetings.
  • identify the essential elements necessary for the construction of an effective agenda.
  • recognise the importance of keeping a meeting on track and on task.
  • integrate key techniques for getting everyone on the team to contribute ideas and take part in the meeting.
  • recognise ways to ensure that decisions arrived at are carried out according to schedule.

    • Client Communications

  • recognise the components of an effective client communications plan.
  • recognise what the clients wants to know and what the client needs to know.
  • recognise the value in clearly delivering bad news to the client.
  • recognise the critical techniques for negotiating changes to the project plan with the client.

    • Course Number:
    PROJ8105