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Leadership and

The Project Manager

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Chapter 4 Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, students will be able to:

Understand how project management is a “leader intensive” profession.

Distinguish between the role of a manager and the characteristics of a leader.

Understand the concept of emotional intelligence as it relates to how project managers lead.

Recognize traits that are strongly linked to effective project leadership.

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Chapter 4 Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, students will be able to:

Understand the implications of time orientation on project management.

Identify the key roles project champions play in project success.

Recognize the principles that typify the new project leadership.

Understand the development of project management professionalism in the discipline.

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Leadership

“The ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to

achieve organizational goals.”

Project management is leader intensive!

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Leaders Vs. ManagersManagers have official titles in an

organization

Leaders focus on interpersonal relationshipsrather than administration

Important differences exist between the two on:

•Creation of purpose •Outcomes

•Network development •Execution

•Focus timeframe

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Differences Between Managers and Leaders

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administer

Demand respect

maintain the status quo focus on systems

strive for control

short-term view

focused on the bottom lineimitate

do things right

state their position

innovate

Command respect

develop new processesfocus on people

inspire trust

have long-term goal

focused on potentialoriginate

do the right thing

earn their position

LEADERS

MANAGERS

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How the Project Manager LeadsProject managers function as mini-CEOs and

manage both “hard” technical details and “soft” people issues.

Project managers:

acquire project resources

motivate and build teams

have a vision and fight fires

communicate

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Acquiring Resources Project are under funded for a variety of reasons:

vague goals

no sponsor

requirements understated

insufficient funds

distrust between managers

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CommunicationIt is critical for a project manager to maintain strong contact with all stakeholders

Project meetings feature task oriented and group maintenance behaviors and serve to:

update all participants

increase understanding & commitment

make decisions

provide visibility

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Leadership & Emotional IntelligenceEmotional intelligence refers to leaders’ ability to understand that effective leadership is part of the emotional and relational transaction between subordinates and themselves.

Five elements characterize emotional intelligence:

Self-awareness

Self-regulation

Motivation

Empathy

Social skill

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Traits of Effective Project LeadersA number of studies on effective project leadership reveal these common themes:

Good communication

Flexibility to deal with ambiguity

Work well with project team

Skilled at various influence tactics

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Leading & Time OrientationAlignment

• timeline orientation

• future time perspective

• time span

• poly/monochronic

• time conception

Skills

• warping

• creating future vision

• chunking time

• predicting

• recapturing the past

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What are Project Champions?Champions are fanatics in the single-minded pursuit of their pet ideas.

Champions can be:

creative originators

entrepreneurs

godfathers or sponsors

project managers

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Champion RolesTraditional Duties

technical understanding

leadership

coordination & control

obtaining resources

administrative

Nontraditional Duties

• cheerleader

• visionary

• politician

• risk taker

• ambassador

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Creating Project Champions

Identify and encourage their emergence

Encourage and reward risk takers

Remember the emotional connection

Free champions from traditional management

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New Project LeadershipFour competencies determine a project leader’s

success:

1. Understanding and practicing the power of appreciation

2. Reminding people what’s important

3. Generating and sustaining trust

4. Aligning with the led

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Project Management Professionalism

o Project work is becoming the standard for many organizations

o There is a critical need to upgrade the skills of current project workers

o Project managers and support personnel need dedicated career paths

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Creating Project Managers

Match personalities with project work

Formalize commitment to project work with training programs

Develop a unique reward system

Identify a distinct career path

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Summary1. Understand how project management is a “leader

intensive” profession.

2. Distinguish between the role of a manager and the characteristics of a leader.

3. Understand the concept of emotional intelligence as it relates to how project managers lead.

4. Recognize traits that are strongly linked to effective project leadership.

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Summary5. Understand the implications of time orientation on

project management.

6. Identify the key roles project champions play in project success.

7. Recognize the principles that typify the new project leadership.

8. Understand the development of project management professionalism in the discipline.

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