INFLUENCING AND LEADERSHIP - PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP SERIES

Increasing global competition, ever heightening client expectations and the magnitude of projects require well honed project management leadership skills.  This is one in a series of five classes that focuses on the human side of managing a project.  Classes may be taken in any order; a certificate of Project Management Leadership completion is given once all five classes have been taken. 

In this class, Project Managers will develop essential influencing and leadership skills.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Your personal leadership style through a self assessment instrument
• How to influence without direct authority
• Methods to use the critical influencing skills of bargaining and persuasion
• The key differences between managing and leading projects and how this can often be the difference between success and failure
• The importance of the organizational environment in terms of power, influence, networking and creating alliances

CLASS TOPICS

• Self assessment – leadership style
• Understanding different leadership styles
• Leadership vs. management
• Influencing without authority
• Understanding the organizational environment – power and influence, networking and creating alliances
• Organizational change and your project
• Leadership issues and project phases

WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS

• Experience ‘in depth’ class discussion on how to deal with people issues
• “Cookie cutter” formula based management does not work; learn how to treat each person as a unique individual
• Receive ongoing support as you use these tools in the real world
• Understand how your personal style affects the behavior of others
• 1.5 day class over 2 weeks fits easily into your schedule
• 1 hour of phone consultation after the end of class