Leadership

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Leadership Project Management

• Presented by Anil Gunhan Akcay
• Lisa Brown
• John Kinuthia
• Kirk Speer

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pop Quiz

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

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Pop Quiz

• Name some great leaders.

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Pop Quiz

• Name some not-so-great leaders.

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Pop Quiz

• Any leaders you cant decide on?

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8 Primary Leadership Qualities

• Intellectually Stimulating
• Energetic
• Self-Confident
• Assertive

• Dominating
• Motivating
• Honest
• Charismatic

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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)

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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One last quote

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

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Any questions?
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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