The role of Leader in Project Management

 

Managed projects and delivery it with success demands what is obvious, meaning, ability, technical skills and knows project management process, but it is more than that,, you have to understand the basic principles of leadership and you have to  exercise them daily and when you do this you will understand this sentence:

"Not every project manager is project leader."

And during project execution will remember this phrase also:

"Your team  is equally important to the success of the project and it should be a high performance team."

A team of this level does not fall from the sky or appears miraculously, it takes time to build a high performance team,  but don´t be naive, teams  needs strict discipline and rigid definition and control roles and responsibilities which has to be e followed!

If you want your team to be high performance you need to create this structure otherwise you will have chaos in your project, when it is achieved you will be able to trigger innovation and creativity with the team and results will be materialized.

This is your role as a leader, create this structure !

You want to be one more or want to make a difference? Remember for each project delivered with success project you get a free invitation to run another project and, increasingly complex.  You decide  which path you want to follow, up or down the ladder of success...If you want to climb the hill I invite you to continue reading this article because from this point I write for those who want to win.

As leader there are principles you have to consider and follow as stated above, which I will describe below:

• Vision - build and share the vision and project objectives with the team is one of the critical success factors for the project, it is not done just once, for example, during the kick-off of the project, it is a daily exercise and continuous communication and team acculturation,
• Collaboration - High performance teams are using the synergistic effects between them, the impossible becomes possible, and this happens only through active collaboration inside the team and as the example comes from above, the project manager plays a crucial role in this process, be a role model and demonstrate and exercise collaboration,
• Performance - Planning is important in the project at the end of a day's work you and your team have to perform and deliver. As a leader it is your responsibility to create an environment that promotes high performance team and individuals.
• Learning - People make mistakes, we all make mistakes, effective leaders encourage staff to try new ways and learn from your mistakes, he devotes enough time for the team to learn, innovate and be creative.
• Results - delivery results is a prerequisite for any project to be delivered  this is the result of team work not an individual. This will only happen if you make sure you run  the first four principles above.

"The reason most people do not achieve their goals is because they were not defined, or have never been seriously considered by them as attainable or reliable. Winners can tell you where they're going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will participate in this adventure with them "- Denis E. Waitley