Leadership for Project Management

Running head: LEADERSHIP FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Leadership for Project Management
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LEADERSHIP FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT1
Project managers are required to practice both effective management and leadership
skills. This paper shall elaborate on presenting a piece of reflective on my view on the most
appropriate leadership theory for the project managers and would provide a rationale for my
choice. At the same time, I shall also be identifying the behaviours associated with that
leadership theory of my choice and would present a critical analysis of its advantages and
limitations.
I believe that transformational leadership is the most suitable leadership theory for the
project managers. In contemporary world, companies are highly driven by innovation and
they keep on innovating for surviving the competition and growth and by bringing in new
ideas in place through transformational leadership (Kissi, Dainty and Tuuli, 2013). The
driving projects in project management calls for project managers to use effective leadership
style in order to manage the resources continuously and change according to time and the
demands of business. It is the most suitable one for the project managers as the
transformational leaders share their vision with the team members and at the same time,
motivate the individuals to their best and practice introspection. With the same, they set an
example and amplify the skills of their teams for helping them in propelling the project
towards success.
Transformational leadership has many advantages if adopted by the project managers.
Some of the very basic characteristics of the transformational leadership are that they are
highly inspirations and leaders here inspire the workers for finding better ways of attaining a
goal. Furthermore, according to Yang, Huang and Wu (2011), transformational leadership
could easily mobilise the people into different groups who can get the work done. With the
same, it is also to note that one of the significant advantages of transformational leadership is
that project managers of this leadership style can retain the customers and employees