Leadership in Project Management

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LEADERSHIP IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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Executive Summary
Effective leadership has a substantial effect on any organization. It may be any sector
but the way the juniors are looked upon by their superiors plays an important role in the
success rate of the organization. Leadership and management are complementary concepts
and are the most important pillars on which the organization has its base. It is said that good
leaders are not born but made and an individual who is a good leader has certainly gone
through self-assessment. The aim of the report is to discuss on the ideal qualities that should
be present in a leader based on the one-day workshop conducted by Charles J. Pellerin. The
paper will focus on the leadership competency model given by Charles and certain leadership
issues will be discussed.
Leadership Issues
Project Leader is the main authority of a project as he is the first person to be
approached by the members in case of any problems being faced by them. A project head is
answerable to his team members as well as to the stakeholders. It reflects the poor managerial
and leadership skills of a team lead if he is not available when his team members require his
support or guidance. A good project manager deputes job in an effective manner and they
believe that the members will get the work done properly. A bad team lead is not able to
assign jobs effectively and this proves that neither are they acquainted with the project nor do
they know the qualities of their team members [1]. A project manager should be efficient
enough to choose projects that can be executed well rather than just going with ones which
sound easy to handle but are tough to be handled at the execution front. If a project idea
selected by a head is found to be irrational then it may affect the deadline of the project
adversely. An effective leader must have a pre plan about the way the project is going to be
executed so that in future his team does not have to suffer any loss. A skilled project manager
is expected to address to the problems arising in the project and passing it on to someone who

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can resolve it if in case he is unable to solve it and in no situation, he should keep it on hold.
A project head must ensure that all his team members, stakeholders, clients and customers
communicate with him and keep him updated about the proceedings of the project work.
Miscommunication hampers the work and when project managers keep the informations such
as change in deadlines to themselves, they put the full project in jeopardy. Appreciating team
members boosts their confidence and improves their productivity but ineffective managers
generally take all the credit and hardly acknowledge the members, which in turn diminishes
the morale of the team [2].
Leadership Styles Articulated by Charles Pellerin
The two continuum axes on which the leadership competency model of Charles
Pellerin is based on are- the Emotional-Logical decision-making process continuum and the
Intuited-Sensed data preference continuum. The reunion of the above two continuums
develop four kinds of leaders and they can be characterized as follows:
The cultivating Emotional-Intuitive leader (green) - This type of leader believes in creating
strong loyalty, cares about the feelings of the others, does not hesitate to give recognition and
is an effective mentor for complicated projects. Contrary to the previous notions that leaders
should rely on evidence and data, Charles discovers that intuition plays a vital role in
leadership ability.
The including Emotional-Sensing leader (yellow) – According to Charles, a leader of this
type makes his team members a significant part of the whole and has the potential in him to
build a strong team and can convince people to work enhancing their team spirits. An
emotionally intelligent project head will be able to perceive the emotions of his team
members and he can use this information to guide them accordingly [3].