Project Management

Bootcamp
Unit 1- Project Governance, Leadership
and Professionalism

Week 3 Session 4
Objectives
Following this session, you should be able
to:

• Explain project life cycle

• Understand how to demonstrate the

principles and practice of team
leadership.
Principles and Practice of
Team Leadership

Reflection Pont:
• Share some experiences of good & bad
leadership.

• Why were these experiences good? Or Bad?

• What key factors will determine effective team

leadership?
Principles and Practice of Team
Leadership
Understanding and leading the 5 phase process of projects
requires not just exceptional knowledge, but exceptional
skills.
 Reflection Point:
What are the types of soft skills that
you would like to see in a leader?
Principles and Practice of Team Leadership

Principle: Intellectual Curiosity

Practice:
• Ask questions,
• Talk to people you don't know,
• Read books about your industry to broaden your
horizons.

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of
Team Leadership
Principle: Goal-Setting

Practice:
• Set short, medium and long term goals.
• Distill goals into specific, actionable and
time-bound tasks.
• Connect the bigger picture among the many
separate parts.

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of Team Leadership
Principle: Delegation

Practice:
• Get to know your team
• Communicate with your employees
• Audit strengths and passions

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of Team
Leadership
Principle: Accountability

Practice:
• Remain accountable for personal and
sometimes collective successes and
failures.
• Reward success and failure alike.
• Encourage measured risk-taking

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of
Team Leadership
Principle: Respect

Practice:
• Listen and engage with others
• Accommodate employees who need a little
more flexibility in their schedule,
• Demonstrate respect for diversity

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of Team Leadership

Principle: Commitment To Diversity

Practice:
• Offering onsite daycare for working
mothers
• Seeking remote workers
• Committing to understanding your
organisational context and supporting the
immediate needs of your team.

Anything else?
 Principles and Practice of Team
Leadership
Principle: Efficiency

Practice:
• Thinking ahead to the next process, task or goal
• Preparing next steps for team
• Respecting time and resources

Anything else?
 Principles and Practice of Team Leadership
Principle: Self-Awareness

Practice:
• Assess your strengths and weaknesses.
• Encourage open dialogue and discussion to
develop awareness and empathy among others.

Anything else?
 Principles and Practice of Team
Leadership
Principle: Education

Practice:
• Provide regular opportunities for team training and
development
• Work towards inspiring a culture of learning
• Empower individuals to make decisions on their
around their own personal and professional
development

Anything else?
Principles and Practice of Team Leadership

Reflection Point:
Can you share any other examples of
exceptional leadership?

Principle:
Practice:
 Principles and Practice of Team
Leadership

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyZMtPVodo

12 minutes

Personal viewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWmhl6rzVpM
6 minutes
Objectives: RECAP
Now you should be able to:

• Explain project life cycle

• Understand how to demonstrate the

principles and practice of team leadership.
Recap

Any questions?