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Title: Leadership


1
Leadership Project Management
  • Presented by Anil Gunhan Akcay
  • Lisa Brown
  • John Kinuthia
  • Kirk Speer

2
Overview
  • Definition of leadership
  • Pop quiz (Dr. JJ said this was OK)
  • Qualities of leadership
  • Why is leadership important in PM?
  • Developing leadership skills
  • 3 common leadership mistakes in PM
  • Review

3
Formal Definition of Leadership
  • Leadership is "the ability of an individual to
    influence, motivate, and enable others to
    contribute toward the effectiveness and success
    of the organizations of which they are members"
  • R.J. House

4
Evolution of Leadership Views
  • Aristocratic view Leadership is dependent on
    your blue blood or genes
  • Monarchy an idea of divine endorsement or rather
    the will of God
  • Meritocratic view Leadership is based on
    demonstrated ability

5
Modern View of Leadership
  • Leadership is lifting a persons vision to
    higher sights, the raising of a persons
    performance to a higher standard, the building of
    a personality beyond its normal limitationsIn
    short, management is doing things right
    leadership is doing the right things.
  • Peter Drucker

6
Pop Quiz
  • Do you think people are born great leaders or is
    it a skill they develop?

7
Pop Quiz
  • Name some great leaders.

8
Pop Quiz
  • Name some not-so-great leaders.

9
Pop Quiz
  • Any leaders you cant decide on?

10
8 Primary Leadership Qualities
  • Intellectually Stimulating
  • Energetic
  • Self-Confident
  • Assertive
  • Dominating
  • Motivating
  • Honest
  • Charismatic

11
Why is leadership important?
  • Workplace issues that could be related to poor
    leadership
  • 33 of lost worker days are stress related
  • 65 say they receive no job recognition
  • 88 of workers say they have ideas to improve
    their work, yet only 15 offer them
  • 16 of all workers are actively disengaged
  • 55 of all workers are disengaged (warm chair
    attrition)

12
Why is leadership important in project management?
  • Project teams never blow up over technical
    issues. They blow up over interpersonal issues.
  • Companies that excel in project management grow
    project leaders, emphasizing development of
    business and communication skills

13
Developing Leadership Skills
  • The Leadership Framework defines four key
    leadership capabilities

Visioning
Relating
Sensemaking
Inventing
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Project Manager vs. Project Leader
Column A
Column B
  • Do you administer?
  • Do you copy?
  • Do you maintain?
  • Do you focus on systems and structures?
  • Do you worry about how and when?
  • Do you always worry about the bottom line?
  • Do you maintain the status quo?
  • Do you innovate?
  • Do you originate?
  • Do you develop?
  • Do you focus on the long-range perspective?
  • Do you worry about what and why?
  • Do you look for the horizon?
  • Do you challenge the status quo?

15
3 Common Leadership Mistakes in Project Management
  • Assuming professionals know how to work together
  • Forcing everyone to be on the same page
  • Thinking all problems can be solved by talking
    them out

16
Review
  • Definition of leadership
  • Pop quiz (you all passed)
  • Qualities of leadership
  • Why is leadership important in PM?
  • Developing leadership skills
  • 3 common leadership mistakes in PM

17
One last quote
  • Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than
    the science of management says is possible.
  • A Leadership Primer General Colin Powell

18
Any questions?
19
Sources
  • Ancona, Deborah. Managing for the Future Module
    14 Leadership.
  • Garrison, Ted. Learning the difference between
    leading and managing. Snips. June 2006.
  • Hollon, John. Leading well is simple.
    Workforce Management 85, no. 21 (Nov 6, 2006).
  • Logue, Ann C. dysfunction JUNCTION. PM
    Network. Aug. 2006.
  • Schwalbe, Kathy. Information Technology Project
    Management. (our textbook)
  • Sumner, Mary et. al. Exploring the Linkage
    Between the Characteristics of IT Project Leaders
    and Project Success. Information Systems
    Management. Fall 2006.
  • Veal, Ruffin. Project Management and
    Leadership Equal Partners for Project Success.
    ASAPM website/magazine.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership
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