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Effective Project Team Leadership: Building High Commitment Through Superior Communication
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Provider:
AMA (American Management Association International)
Topic(s):
Leadership & Management > Project Management
Who Should Attend?
Mid- to high-level project managers.
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Full Seminar Description
Master the skills that can help you build team commitment and create a more predictable project environment. By communicating more effectively with everyone involved in the project managers, team members, stakeholders and clients you'll minimize, if not eliminate, the unexpected bumps in project execution and be able to complete every project on time, within budget and with the expected results. CEUs: 1.8. Fee per person: $2345, $2095 for AMA members.Create more project successes through enhanced leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
How You Will Benefit
- Build high-performance teams that can lead projects to successful implementation
- Keep the team on track through team consensus and conflict resolution
- Minimize communication misunderstandings
- Prevent team “break-ups” by using constructive feedback
- Achieve better results through clear, open and honest communication
- Optimize time, money and resources by putting the right people on the right projects
What You Will Cover
- Key skills for today’s project leaders
- The ins and outs of communications skills
- Team dynamics: what’s unique about project teams
- Conflict management...successful project team behaviors
- Communicating during the project planning phase: how to delegate and run effective meetings
- Communicating during project implementation and closure: conveying appreciation...what to do when crisis hits...performance reporting
- Negotiating agreements: a project manager’s sources of power
- Building commitment and creating project successes: what good project managers do
Extended Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives- Build a High-Performing Team and Create Commitment to Assist Your Team in Meeting Its Deadlines
- Communicate More Clearly within the Project Environment, Including Giving and Receiving of Constructive Feedback
- Delegate More Successfully as a Project Manager
- Facilitate Effective Meetings, Including Presenting an Options Paper to Get the Team or Stakeholders to Make a Decision
- Manage Various Types of Communications Throughout the Project Life-Cycle
- Resolve Conflicts to Keep Team Committed and on Track
- Negotiate More Effectively, Understanding How to Better Utilize Various Influencing Styles
Leading in Today’s Project Environment
- Understand the Need for Project Management and How Its Application Has Changed Over the Years
- Analyze Project Failures at a Greater Depth of Understanding
- Define What Project Success, High Commitment, and Superior Communication Mean and How They Relate in Your World
- Identify the Key Leadership Skills Needed by a Project Manager and Assess Your Own Style
The Ins and Outs of Communication Skills
- Utilize Different Communication Techniques to Communicate with Your Project Stakeholders and Team Members in a Clear, Concise Way
- Give and Receive Constructive Feedback, Especially During Times of Anger, Disappointment, and Frustration
- Understand and Experience the Fact That the Same Words Can Mean Different Things to Different People
- Understand the Different Methods of Communicating within a Project Team and Minimize the Barriers to Communication
Understanding Team Dynamics
- Identify the Characteristics of High-Performing, Spirited Teams
- Assess the Phase That You Are in and Your Project Team Is in, Using the Team Spirit Process of Development
- Understand Conflict, the Role It Plays in Teams, Your Conflict Style, and Methods to Deal with It
- Mediate Disputes between Your Project Team Members or Stakeholders
- Use a Checklist on Successful Project Team Behaviors to Assess Your Team and Determine Possible Actions to Improve Team Behaviors
Communication During the Project Definition and Planning Phases
- Identify Your Key Stakeholders and Interview Them to Gather Their Wants and Needs
- Communicate with the Project Team and Stakeholders During Phase 1 (Project Definition) and Phase 2 (Planning) of the Project
- Understand the Three Levels of Communication Surrounding a Project
- "Let Go of the Work" and Delegate More Successfully
Communication During Project Implementation and Closure
- Communicate and Report Status During Project Implementation to Both Team Members and Stakeholders in a Way That Minimizes the Chance of Miscommunications
- Hold Effective Team Meetings and Obtain Feedback from Team Members
- Understand "Consensus" and How and When to Use It with Project Teams
- Replan the Project When It Is in Crisis and Present Options to Stakeholders in a Way That Optimizes the Chance That They Will Make a Decision
Negotiating Agreements
- Identify and Utilize Key Skills, Strategies, and Tactics Needed to Successfully Manage the Negotiation Process
- Understand a Project Manager’s Sources of Power and Analyze Your Ability to Influence Others
- Organize a Negotiation Using the Five Stages of the Negotiation Process
Wrap-Up: Effective Project Leadership
- Understand the Team Dynamics That Effective Project Managers Are Trying to Create in Order to Create a Highly Committed Team and More Project Successes
- Choose and Implement Some Tips in Creating Positive Team Dynamics
- Return to Work and Implement Some Ideas from This Course
Sponsor Background:
The American Management Association was founded in 1923. They have built a content control check into every one of their professional seminars. Plus a series of checks and balances to ensure that the content of every AMA seminar is precisely targeted to:- provide comprehensive, hands-on training that is of practical use when you return to the job
- focus on need-to-know specifics, relevant to the demands of global business today
- offer the expertise and personalized attention of top-ranking instructors
- facilitate your career development and business savvy
Whether you're looking for a solid foundation of business fundamentals or strategies to help you seize growth opportunities for your company, AMA offers expert instruction to help you:
- manage your priorities effectively
- cultivate more productive working relationships
- increase your on-the-job value
- align your skills with marketplace demands
- bring out the best in people, processes and yourself
Cancellation and Refund Policy
If you cannot attend a seminar you may contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply call. If you cancel with less than three weeks' notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee, however you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser value. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed, and do not cancel with a minimum of three weeks’ notice as described above, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.
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