Project leadership style
Featured in the The Project Management Activity Pack training manual
By Eddie Davies
Category: Management
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
Management is about ensuring order and predictability and will involve the project manager in many useful aspects of work as they strive to get the project completed on time. It is about developing plans and allocating resources, preventing things going wrong and exercising control over people and processes. These are all good techniques for project managers to perfect, but they will be greatly enhanced by developing complementary leadership skills. Combining leadership and management skills will greatly increase the chances of completing projects successfully. In the modern business world a combination of the qualities of both manager and leader are needed. This will mean choosing an appropriate leadership style.
You begin the training activity with a brainstorming session which uses word association to identify attributes of managers and leaders and the identity of people who fit these profiles. Having discussed what is meant by leadership and how it differs from management, you introduce the concept of styles of leadership. The participants have the opportunity to rate their dominant style and discuss their rating with a partner. You next introduce the group to the three main forces that affect the choice of a leadership style, and give them an opportunity to relate these to examples of their own teamwork. During the final session you introduce the factors that are involved in effective leadership. Following your discussion the participants have an opportunity to assess their leadership strengths and then review this rating with a partner. You close the training activity by giving them the opportunity to review their learning and develop an action plan for applying the key points to their project teams back at their workplace. Participants are encouraged to fill in their learning review diary.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to show participants the key differences between management and leadership, giving them the opportunity to rate their current levels of leadership, and to identify ways they can build on and develop these qualities.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:40:00 |
| No of Pages: | 26 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers on any training programme that aims at developing the all round skills of a project manager. It offers flexibility as to when it is introduced being equally applicable to the beginning, middle or concluding stages of the training programme. The training activity covers many attributes that are common to all leaders regardless of discipline, organisation or sector. It can therefore be applied to training events where the focus is on developing: senior or middle managers; team leaders; organisational development; managing change; or performance appraisal.
Download the training activity, Project leadership style as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Project Management Activity Pack