Project Leadership

Leadership has many definations- you can read most of them in management books. In the context of project management, let me quote Verma:

Project leadership is an ability to to get things done well through others.

It requires:-

1.A vision of the destination( project objectives )

2.An ability to communicate vision to others( communication )

3.A compelling reason to get there( commitment )

4.A set of directions and realistic timetable( project plan,budget,schedule )

5.A capacity to attarct a team and make it work together( developing and fostering teamwork )

In Naked Leadership, David Taylor states a formula for guaranteed success:

1.Know where you want to go.

2.Know where you are now.

3.Know what you have to do,to get where you want to go.

4.Do it!

"If you do not know where you want to go,any roads will take you there."-Alice in The Wonderland.

IMHO,we need both project leadership as well as project management all the time throughout the project phases and life cycle.My observations showed that less emphasis was given to project leadership compared to project management.Good leaders do the right things;and good managers do the things right!

Two questions first:

1.What are the traits and skills of project leadership?

2.How and when do you relate leadership attributes/styles to project life cycle?

Comments

[md]

thanks abedib for sharing your knowledge in PM. I need to have this skill now to help me manage my projects. Sometimes I just don't know to prioritise my work, as all works seems so important. tq

[Adib]

md,
How do you priotise? Do work breakdown structure.From there,break into tasks or work packages. Then schedule into network diagram.
From there, do first thing first.

May I recommend you to read the books I list on the lefthand column of my blog.( Book #1 and #3).

[mhi]

I am now trying to do what is explain in book #1. I have read it up to chapter 2. :-P
will try harder to complete it. it's good for beginner like me..

mhi

[Yazmeen Edina]

Uncle, thanks for sharing the information.