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1. Leading and Managing Project Teams
Credit Hours (Theory): 3 hours per week
Program: MBA

2. Defining Leadership
“the ability to guide the project team while achieving project objectives
and balancing the project constraints”
(Arora & Baronikian)
“involves focusing the efforts of a group of people on a common goal and
enabling them to work as a team.”
(PMI)
“as the art of motivating and influencing others to work energetically to
realize and support organizational or project goals.”
(Schermerhorn)

3. Defining Leadership
The project team leader is responsible for
• Vision
• Strategy
• Communication
• Influencing
• Mentoring
• Monitoring
• Evaluating team and project performance

4. Who Do You Consider a Great Leader?

5. Defining Leadership
“Leadership involves moving others, and moving others involves power.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,
you aren’t.”
(Margaret Thatcher)

6. Defining Leadership
“Leadership involves moving others, and moving others involves power.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,
you aren’t.”
(Margaret Thatcher)

7. Sources of Leadership Power

8. 9 Influencer of project power

9. Leadership Traits and Project Success
“The qualities and traits of the project leader, though not considered
sources of power on their own, can certainly contribute to strengthen the
sources of power.”
• Integrity
• Credibility
• Toughness
• Fairness
• Warmth
• Humility
• Confidence

10. Elements of Effective Leadership

11. Leadership, Motivation and Project Manager
“If communication is considered the sister to leadership, then motivation
is its brother.”
Intrinsic Factors
Extrinsic Factor

12. Leadership, Motivation and Project Manager
Leadership Theories:
• McGregor’s ‘Theory X’ and ‘Theory Y’
• Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’
• Herzberg’s ‘Motivation-Hygiene’ theory

13. McGregor’s ‘Theory X’ and ‘Theory Y’

14. McGregor’s ‘Theory X’ and ‘Theory Y’

15. Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’

16. Herzberg’s ‘Motivation-Hygiene’ theory

17. Thank You!
For Questions and Queries
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