Characteristics of a Successful Project ManagerOne Day Workshop July 7, 2009 A workshop aimed at Project Management Professionals focussing on what makes a Project Manager a good or great Project Manager. Project Managers and aspiring Project Managers struggle with the concept as they analyse their own characteristics to see if they have what it takes to be a Project Manager. What qualities allow someone to lead a group of talented individuals and organise their efforts to arrive at a successful solution? Professionals in project management who embody the most essential leadership attributes, characteristics, balance, instinct, inspiration, respect, perseverance and agility can acquire great Project Leadership skills. Objectives- Gain an insight into the leadership characteristics of a good Project Manager
- Understand your own Project Management Leadership Style
- Understand Leadership Best Practices for Project Managers
- Learn how to morph from being a technocrat to a Project Leader
- Understand how a Project Manager can bring the best out of a Project Team
- Learn effective communication skills
- Learn effective motivational skills
Content Outline- Leadership - creating, communicating and implementing vision
- Attributes of great leaders and effective leadership styles
- Key project leadership characteristics and how your skills are viewed by others
- How leaders balance the content, procedural and relationship needs of project teams and stakeholders
- Individual and Team Motivational techniques
- Effective Communications skills
- How your individual style relates to leadership characteristics
- Effective Conflict management
Activities and Materials- To help assimilate the concepts and techniques learned, activities include an interactive lecture, team exercise sessions evaluating actual leadership case studies and group brainstorming.
Audience - This course is designed for those involved in projects, including project managers and leaders and anyone who is on a project team.
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