According to experts, project leadership isn’t just about project management techniques. It’s also about the ability of the project manager to:

• Motivate the project team and create a project vision
• Build and maintain relationships inside and outside the project team
• Ensure commitment to the project
• Accelerate the performance of the team throughout the life of the project.

This workshop helps project leaders and project team members improve their skills in the following areas: communicating within and outside the team, making decisions as a team, use of leadership styles, understanding and working with emotional intelligence and diverse thinking and learning styles, resolving conflict, negotiation, providing constructive feedback and running effective meetings. Attendees will also learn how to obtain the support of project sponsors and management and the commitment of project team members using influencing skills and improved communication.

The workshop is highly interactive, providing participants with the practice they need to build new skills - ones that can be immediately applied to real project work in real project teams.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide) areas covered: Human Resources Management and Communications Management.

Who should attend?
Project team members and project managers.

What will my seminar experience cover?
Through 11 course modules, you will practice various communication, conflict resolution, problem solving, and influencing skills during the exercises, including the following:

• Methods for dealing with team diversity
• Effective confrontation and constructive feedback
• Examination of emotional intelligence leadership styles and competencies
• Developing rapport and influence
• Conflict resolution including both subjective and objective processes
• Collaborative techniques for efficient group-based decisions and discussion.

How will I benefit?
Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:

• Improve team decision-making
• Communicate more effectively
• Identify the leadership styles of emotional intelligence, and know when to use them
• Increase team collaboration and commitment
• Obtain support from project sponsors and management
• Identify and understand your preferred thinking, learning, and conflict resolution styles
• Apply leadership skills at each project phase.

 What instructional materials will be used?
Lecture, small and large group exercises, role play, and self-assessments.