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1. The 5 Team Leadership Principles for Project Success Thomas Juli, Ph.D., PMP®, CSM®Picture taken from book cover of “Leadership Principles for Project Success” by Thomas Juli, CRC Press, New York, 2010 Used with permission

5. How Do You Lead Your Project to Success? Hubble rescue mission Project Success Picture of Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Hubble Space Telescope retrieved from © 2010 by Thomas Juli http://tinyurl.com/3x3un99 8

6. How Do You Lead Your Project to Success?… by effective project management, i.e., project and team leadership Hubble rescue missionEffective project management needs tohave a solid foundationin project and team leadership.Without leadership there is no direction inproject management. Project Success Team Leadershipis the decisive factor in improving the chances for a project to succeed.Without team leadership chances are that a project will be “just anotherproject”. © 2010 by Thomas Juli 9

15. Mission of Mountain GuideLead your group to the topandreturn it home safelyAre you this mountain guide?Do you lead your teamto the top together as a groupandreturn it homesafely? © 2010 by Thomas Juli Drawing © Michael Huber, Edingen-Neckarhausen 18

28. The 5 Team Leadership Principlesfor Project Success Build Vision V Nurture Collaboration C Promote Promote Performance Team Performance P Cultivate Team Learning L Ensure Team Delivers Results R © 2010 by Thomas Juli 35

38. Leadership Principles for Project Success Principle 1: Build a Common Project Vision “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they dont define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” Denis Watley. © 2010 by Thomas Juli Photo retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/39uvg8c 45

42. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 1: Build a Common Project Vision 2 - Motivation Statement 1 - Analyze Build 3 - Vision Playing Field Statement Vision 4 - Project Objective(s) Statement © 2010 by Thomas Juli 49

44. Project Motivation Statement Why do you want to start the project in the first place? Motivation Statement The issue(s) of … 2. Who (individuals, 3. What are the 1. What are the top groups, organizationalissues or risks we are units, etc.) is affected impacts of these affect(s) … issues or risks on dealing with? Why? by these issues or them? Why? risks and how? Why? The impact(s) of which is (are) … The solution(s) / 2. Who is interested1. What are the top 3. What are the opportunitie(s) of … in these solutions or solutions or benefits of the opportunities, who opportunities you solutions or benefits from them? interest(s) … envision? Why? opportunities? Why? Why? The effect(s) of which is (are) … © 2010 by Thomas Juli 51

46. Project Vision Statement What do you envision for your project? Vision Statement1. What needs to 2. What benefits 3. What do we be done to can we expect need to do resolve the from the improved achieve this? The successful projectsituation? Why? situation? Why? Why? will (help) … It will benefit … In order to achieve the 1. What needs to be done to bring about 2. What negative 3. What do we need to the new situation impacts or obstacles do to overcome these solution we have to … promised by the will the solution have impacts or obstacles? solutions or opp(s)? or bring with it? Why? Why? Why? © 2010 by Thomas Juli 53

47. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 1: Build a Common Project Vision 2 - Motivation Statement 1 - Analyze Build 3 - Vision Playing Field Vision Statement 4 - Project Objective(s) Statement © 2010 by Thomas Juli 54

49. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 2: Nurture Collaboration “Players win games, teams win championships.” . Bill Taylor © 2010 by Thomas Juli Photo retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/2w3ynjt 57

50. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 2: Nurture Collaboration 2 – Team Norming Workshop 1 – Team = Nurture 3 – Team Project„s Heart & Soul Collabo- Evolution ration 4 - Teamwork © 2010 by Thomas Juli 58

56. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 3: Promote Team Performance „Life has no rehearsals, only performances.” Picture retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/36qr5oj © 2010 by Thomas Juli 65

57. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 3: Promote Team Performance 2 – Create right environment 1 – Be a role 3 – Empower model your team Promote Perform 4 – Foster 7 – Celebrate Performance ance solution and results orientation 5 – Invite 6 – Let it productive happen competition © 2010 by Thomas Juli 66

60. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 3: Promote Team Performance 2 – Create right environment 1 – Be a role 3 – Empower model your team Promote Perform 4 – Foster 7 – Celebrate solution and Performance ance results orientation 5 – Invite 6 – Let it productive happen competition © 2010 by Thomas Juli 69

61. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 3: Promote Team Performance 2 – Create right environment 1 – Be a role 3 – Empower model your team Promote Perform 4 – Foster 7 – Celebrate Performance ance solution and results orientation 5 – Invite 6 – Let it happen productive competition © 2010 by Thomas Juli 70

62. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 3: Promote Team Performance 2 – Create right environment 1 – Be a role 3 – Empower model your team Promote Perform 4 – Foster 7 – Celebrate Performance ance solution and results orientation 6 – Let it 5 – Invite productive happen competition © 2010 by Thomas Juli 71

67. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 4: Cultivate Team Learning “Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) © 2010 by Thomas Juli Picture retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/3yc5np8 77

68. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 4: Cultivate Team Learning 2 – Project Reviews 1 – Team 3 – Training Synch Cultivate Learning 4 – Extended 5 – Learning Team & Innovation Learning © 2010 by Thomas Juli 78

69. Daily Sync-Meeting  Time-boxed to 15 minutes  Best when held first thing in the morning  All team members are required to attend  Primary objective: sync  Start on time Ask 3 simple questions What did you What will you What accomplish accomplish impediments are yesterday? today? in your way? © 2010 by Thomas Juli 79

70. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 4: Cultivate Team Learning 2 – Project Reviews 1 – Team 3 – Training Sync Cultivate Learning 4 – Extended 5 – Learning Team & Innovation Learning © 2010 by Thomas Juli 80

72. Invest in necessary training Picture © M. Großmann | Pixelio.de

76. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 5: Ensure Team Delivers Results “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) © 2010 by Thomas Juli Photo retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/3agdbrt 87

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86. Leadership Principles for Project SuccessPrinciple 5: Ensure Team Delivers Results Ensuring ongoing interim results is important because … Ongoing project results serve as a reflection of leadership and how well the 5 principles are practiced. They reveal the true quality of collaboration, performance, and learning. It is a form of quality assurance of effective leadership for project © 2010 by Thomas Juli Photo retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/2ftxvjd 99

88. How Do You Lead Your Project to Success?… by effective project management, i.e., project and team leadership Hubble rescue missionEffective project management needs tohave a solid foundationin project and team leadership.Without leadership there is no direction inproject management. Project Success Team Leadershipis the decisive factor in improving the chances for a project to succeed.Without team leadership chances are that a project will be “just anotherproject”. © 2010 by Thomas Juli 101

91. The 5 Team Leadership Principlesfor Project Success Build Vision V Nurture Collaboration C Promote Promote Performance Team Performance P Cultivate Team Learning L Ensure Team Delivers Results R © 2010 by Thomas Juli 104

92. The Dynamic Project Leadership PyramidEach principle has to account for all other principles as one unitThe Project Leadership Pyramid: calls for V holistic leadership Mutual Reality-based respect, C optimism, people feel it helps create valued commitment high-performance P contexts for teams People L Clear feel included, organization, it thus helps secure trustworthy accountability project success © 2010 by Thomas Juli 108

93. A New Definition of Project SuccessProject success …… is the safe journey from Project Vision to the final Project Results.Project Success starts with you …-> Know where you and your team are going,what you plan to doalong the way,and who will be sharingthe adventure with you. © 2010 by Thomas Juli Drawing © Michael Huber, Edingen-Neckarhausen 109

94. Picture taken from book cover of “Leadership Principles for Project Success” by Thomas Juli, CRC Press, New York, 2010

95. Thomas Juli, Ph.D., PMP®, CSM®Managing Director, Thomas Juli Empowerment Partners Web: www.TheProjectLeadershipPyramid.net Email: tj@thomasjuli.com Twitter: thomasjuli Phone: +49 (0)15 15 16 333 22 and Feb 8-16, 2011: +1 636 293 2355 Book available at www.crcpress.com* and www.amazon.com * 20% discount for Conference Attendees; use discount code 813DA at checkout (CRC Press only) © 2010 by Thomas Juli 111

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