Course
digicode: H8649
Leadership Skills and Communication for Project Managers – Basics
Course facts
Download as PDF- Learning about leadership tools to promote project success
- Understanding how the personal characteristics of project participants affect project work
- Acquiring the necessary know-how to actively guide discussions and deal with conflicts constructively
- Reflecting on challenges from one’s own professional experience and developing possible solutions
- Practicing leadership conversations, incl. feedback
1 The Role of the Project Manager
- Project context and leadership requirements: clarifying roles, self-image, leadership tasks, and tools within the project
- Dealing with hierarchies, clients, external parties, team members, and functional departments
2 Leadership and Communication
- Project management as a communication task
- Developing a communication culture
- Preparing for, conducting, and following up on leadership discussions in a goal-oriented manner (e.g., delegation, coaching, motivation, monitoring, feedback)
3 Practical Aspects of Project Management and Team Leadership
- Team composition
- Reflection on one’s own and others’ preferences regarding work style and communication based on a personality model
- Possibilities and limitations of motivation in projects
- Shaping team dynamics
4 Conflict Resolution Skills
- Signs of conflict
- Avoiding conflicts
- Methods for conflict resolution
Training with workshop character, trainer input, sharing of experiences, discussion, group and individual exercises, role-playing, feedback from participants and the trainer
This course is aimed at project leaders and project managers, responsible project team members, as well as specialists and managers.
A prerequisite for participation is a basic understanding of project management methodology (as taught in the introductory seminars). Different levels of prior knowledge in the area of communication will be taken into account.
This training can also be offered virtually upon request.