2-day Project Leadership, Team Development, Decision-Making and Communicating
Suitable for Project Managers only.
Course Overview
It is clear that leadership is important to the success of a project because leadership is essentially about motivating people. Simply put is like getting people to work for you. In the planning phases of the project, the project leader conducts the project team and other main project stakeholders through formal and informal decision making in order to achieve agreed goals and objectives. This also calls to form the essential basis for effective team development. To get a project started off right, the project manager must first become a leader, and that the style of leadership does need to change as the project progresses through its life cycle, and as the team matures.
As a participant, everyone will undergo a self-assessment of his/her leadership skills, then master the basics of these leadership competencies: setting direction, aligning people, motivating and inspiring, leading teams, communicating, building relationships, facilitating ethical conduct, negotiating and leading change.
The course is carefully designed to provide the best mix of experience, minimal theory and maximum practice in an adult learning environment. Formal presentations are used mainly to introduce key concepts and significant elements of key concepts. Emphasis is on immediate practical applications through “hands on” action learning.
A high level of participation and team involvement is required. Maximum opportunities will be given to participants to inject their own examples and issues into the course and continually relate the material to their own contexts.
Objectives
Know the delicate task of leading project teams including other project stakeholders.
Know and apply skills in leading a project team, pacing the team through team development and motivating them, effective team communicating, as well making quick decisions.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Learn how to empower oneself and other team members through more effective negotiation based on an understanding of the differences between competitive and collaborative negotiation approaches
Gain an appreciation of the importance of a collaborative “win/win” negotiation process.
Gain a clear understanding of why communication is so important—regardless of how a project is organised.
Discover how business and personal ethics can influence the leadership style and personality, and how his/her own individual leadership style and personality can influence the course a project will take.
Detailed Course Content (course content timings are approximate)
The session will start at 8.30 am and end at 6.00 pm, or at client’s timing preference; with two 15-minute tea breaks and a 45-minute lunch.
Day 1: Morning
Leadership and Management
What is leadership?
The difference between leadership and management
Assess your leadership competencies and developmental needs
Articulate your leadership vision, in light of the assessment, and consider the best way(s) to realise it
Processes for establishing direction, aligning people, and motivating people to follow your vision
Identify different leadership styles
Leading Effective Teams
What is a team?
The stages of team development
Leading and maintaining effective, productive teams
Evaluate team progress and coach team members as necessary
Day 1: Afternoon
Motivating
Motivation theories
How to be more influential by understanding motivational patterns
Using an understanding of individual differences to help you manage conflict more effectively
Ethics and Leadership
Define ethics and the link between ethics and trust
The role of ethical behavior and leadership
The difference between personal and organisational ethics
Day 2: Morning
Negotiating Conflict
Major sources of conflict on project teams
The five modes of handling conflict
Conflict scenarios and strategies for initiating conflict resolution
Power bases used in typical organizations
How to plan and conduct collaborative negotiation
Making Decisions
Using the various problem-solving and decision-making tools and techniques
Evaluating decision parameters and choosing best solution with a Decision Tree Diagramming tool
Day 2: Afternoon
More Project Case Scenarios involving project team and their development
Real case studies
Scenario case quizes
Training Approach
The training uses practical exercises that take individuals outside their comfort zones. By giving the participants help and guidance during the process, confidence and skills are strengthened. We make the sessions challenging and practical through the use of role-play, experiential learning and group exercises. Participants will quickly discover their strengths and weaknesses in communicating with others. Moreover, this interaction makes classes enjoyable and motivational.
The tempo of the training is light-hearted and fast-paced. Our experience suggests that this makes people actually look forward to attending our training sessions and reinforces the motivational effects. Peer group pressure, structure and relaxed atmosphere are the key elements to the success of our courses.
