Have you come across this in your projects? You start noticing a certain attitude in your project teams. If and when you dig deeper, you realize that is the attitude the project leadership have been conveying indirectly to the people.

1. Attitude
reflects
Leadership
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2. Remember the Titans?
Do you remember this scene from the epic movie
“Remember the Titans” ?
The captain and the vice-captain are discussing their
team. The captain expresses his displeasure at the way
the vice-captain's team mates are not contributing at
practice. The vice captain then goes on to say the now
famous line - "Attitude reflects leadership - captain"
Have you come across this in your projects?
You start noticing a certain attitude in your project teams.
If and when you dig deeper, you realize that is the attitude the project leadership
have been conveying indirectly to the people.
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3. Project Manager Attitude
Affects everyone else
Project manager with a winning attitude rubs it on to his team.
He/She must believe and sincerely that the project will be a resounding success
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4. Live the Values you preach
● Live the values you preach.
● Sow trust and confidence and you will get that back in return
● Show seriousness in planning and quality and the team will respond accordingly
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5. No half hearted responses
● Take challenges head on - no half
hearted or adhoc responses
● Project Leadership need to show
maturity and confidence in a
visible manner
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6. Know the pulse
● Be aware about the message that is being
communicated in the meetings, emails,
management interactions with the team
● Keep a pulse of the drivers affecting team
attitude.
● If one of the leaders is sending out a wrong
message, appropriate actions must be taken to
correct it.
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7. Together We WIN !!!
Right attitude keeps the team together
A team which works together,
delivers wonders !!!
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8. Thank You
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