Leadership in project management is a journey of discovery. It begins with finding the best of who you are and continues with developing and nurturing your ideal leadership identity to develop skills that will make projects more successful. This conference will reinforce your leadership identity to become sustainable with every action you take, or decision you make in all your projects.
In the context of managing projects, the more people abilities you have, the better you can get the job done. Accordingly, this conference pays special attention to enhancing your ability to leverage personal skills to positively influence others. It presents the skills and methods needed to gracefully and assertively influence others in a project over which you do not have direct control.
The conference covers different leadership traits, characteristics, behaviors, and styles. It examines interpersonal styles and skills as they affect project leadership, motivation, team dynamics, trust, and employee empowerment. The integration between concepts is covered with the view to create more opportunities for your project to succeed while maintaining your integrity.
Finally, the conference focuses on getting what a project needs through negotiation. It demonstrates how influence tactics, personal power, and organizational politics can all be used while involved in various aspects of project negotiating.
At the end of this conference the participants will be able to:
Learn practical techniques to enhance their project leadership skills
Exercise a wide range of concepts to enhance their power and ability to influence others
Manage corporate politics at the project level as well as the senior management level
Master forms of power and evaluate strategies to increase their total power to make the project succeed
Identify principles, guidelines, and common methods of negotiation on projects
Develop negotiating strategies that focus on interests and common goals of projects instead of positions
Discover their own unique leadership identity and learning how to project a more dynamic image
Learn how to nurture and continue developing their leadership identity
Become more politically astute while maintaining their integrity and ethics
Understand the range of skills and competencies required to influence and negotiate project needs more effectively
Apply lessons learned to refine their skills in gaining and using influence positively
Increase levels of confidence in negotiating with project stakeholders
Learn how to protect themselves against the pitfalls of intra-organizational politics
Project Managers
Team Leaders
Project Technical
Workstream Leaders
Project Sponsors / Owners
Challenges in the Project Environment
Politics: Project Management Fact-of-life
Project Management: A Political Art
Organizational Politics and the Project Lifecycle
Organisational Culture and Its Impact on Project Management
Project Politics and Self-Awareness
The Role and Influence of Project Stakeholders
Factors that Contribute to Organisational and Project Politics
Political Behaviours for Project Team Members
Guidelines for Developing Political Skills Necessary for Project Team Members
The Need in a Project Environment for Result-based Leadership
Traits of Effective Project Leadership
Project Leadership Attitudes
The Three Building Blocks of Project Leadership
Project Leadership Styles
How Personality and Self-Awareness Assists in Project Leadership
The Concepts of IQ vs. EQ in Project Leadership
Project Team Leadership: Communication and Coaching
Behaviors that Develop Exceptional Project Leaders
Project Leaders in Action
How Power and Leadership can Create Excellence in Project Leadership
The Necessity of Power in Projects
Sources of Power
Project Leadership and Powerful vs. Powerless Talk
Building a Sense of Personal Project Leadership Power
Empowerment Models and Practices
Influence Tactics for Project Leaders
Key to Successful Influence in Project Leadership
Attitudes and Behaviours of Project Stakeholders
Developing Dimensions of Credibility in Projects
Project Leadership Trust-Building
Why The Communication / Trust /Agreement Relationship is Necessary in Project Leadership
Project Leaders in Action
Why Projects have The Need to Negotiate
The Project Leader as Negotiator
Preparing for Project Related Negotiations
Active Listening and Negotiation with Project Stakeholders
Emotions and Conflict in Project Related Negotiations
Principle-based Project Related Negotiations
Common Negotiating Errors
Negotiation Tactics Necessary for Project Leaders
How Persuasion and Delegation can be used for Success in Projects
Self-Awareness’ and Self-Discipline Skills for Project Leaders
Project Leadership Learning and Mentoring
Leadership Transitions in a Project Environment
Devising a Political Strategy for Project Team Members
Creating a Positive Project Culture
Dealing with Project Stakeholders in a Multi Relationships Management
Being an operations administrator and planning who does what and when within a team requires a high level of ability and is fraught with difficulties. This training program in administrative operations and coordination will offer a special chance to grasp the abilities needed for this position, from the macro to the micro. From the technical talents needed to plan and implement procedures, to the more delicate abilities of speaking clearly and confidently with others, to the leadership and management capacities to think broadly and organize.
In this course, participants will be sensitized to the recent trends in public relations and develop their skills to carry out contemporary roles and practice of public relations and to identify the structure of the optimal organization and responsibilities of employees of the public relations departments, planning and follow-up work in public relations departments, develop and motivate the performance of employees, planning and organizing a ceremony of reception and bidding Visitors and VIPs, develop effective communication with customers and employees, how to arrange concerts, seminars, and banquets.
This program is concerned with the development of the skills and abilities of the Public Relations Manager. Therefore, the program offers a set of training and concepts necessary to build constructive relationships inside and outside the institution based on scientific bases in building this relationship and planning it and study the extent of the institution's place in the hearts of employees on the one hand and the surrounding community. The program is concerned with providing the man of communication skills and effective communication with others as one of the elements of building relationships and what are the means to improve the internal structure of the institution and the network of formal and informal relations.
The program also provides the trainee with the skills required to make presentations and to negotiate partnerships with relevant institutions through meetings, presentations and cooperation, and partnership agreements.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
Increasingly, it is being recognized that the trend towards equal opportunities for women is giving women the chance to take more responsibility and make more contributions to the success of their organization. However, in many cases, there is a need to develop the skills and confidence necessary to maximize potential as individuals and as employees. This course is designed to do just that - to equip women with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to succeed in what has traditionally been a male-dominated society. The course will involve experiencing personal development and practicing the new skills using ten competencies which are the key to success in a position of responsibility.
One of the major keys to success in the business world is being able to apply “discipline” to your life and actions! This is the key to developing personal effectiveness and professional excellence.