Communication & Leadership Training for Project Managers

Project Teams can be characterized as rather temporary than permanent. Your challenge is to form them into an efficient team by identifying skills, building harmony, and retaining the team focus – all within the tight time frame of your project. For you, team building, leadership, and communication skills are key factors for successful project delivery. Here your life experience counts alot, but things can often be improved further by having a good set of tools at hand. 

Course Outline

• 4 Basic Questions when Building a Team
• Team Building vs. Team Working
• Difficulties Facing Teams
• The Skill of Team Building
• How to identify Effective Teams
• Team Member Behavior
• Measuring your Team Performance
• Obstacles in building Effective Teams
• Leadership vs. Management
• Leadership: What Motivates People
• Leadership: Styles and Motivation
• Autocratic vs. Participative (X-Y Theory McGregor)
• Continuum in Leadership (Team vs. Boss Centered Leadership)
• The Managerial Grid of Blake and Mouton
• Situational Leadership (Hersey-Blanchard Model)
• Transformational Leadership (Bass)
• How to improve the Powerbase of the Project Manager
• Conflict Handling: definition, sources, styles, steps, and resolution strategies
• Communication
• Communication Models, Communication Barriers
• Effective Communication – the DEESNI Model
• Active Listening and Sharpening your Communication
• The Project Manager as Facilitator: Interface Management