Project Leadership

Project Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Leadership skills of each assignment team member using a leadership model/models..................3
Reasons for model selection............................................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
Leadership styles.............................................................................................................................6
Ranking criteria...............................................................................................................................7
Criteria relevnace with project leadership theory/practical project management..........................10
Team member ranking...................................................................................................................15
Project team member and stakeholder...........................................................................................19
Conclusion and recommendation..................................................................................................20
Reference list.................................................................................................................................22
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Introduction
Project Leadership is an act of being a team leader for the successful completion of a
particular project. The undertaken project is successfully completed under the leadership of
an effective team leader. It is important to be stated here that project leadership is an
amalgamation between management and leadership. It is a mix of soft skills, science and arts.
The people working in the organisation are the most important asset of the
organisation. Effective leadership is the art of getting things done from the employees of the
organisation. The managers and leaders are not synonymous with each other, and there is a
thin line of difference between both. Managers have just tasked delegators whereas the
leaders train, motivate and develop their team members (Bishop, 2015).
Leadership skills of each assignment team member using a leadership model/models
For the purpose of understanding the leadership roles and models in a better way, the
project has been segregated in a group of 5 team members, namely member 1, member 2,
member 3, member 4 and member 5.
The goal of this study is to understand the leadership skills of individual team
members based on their personal characteristics. It is believed that even though a person can
be trained with the technical aspects of leadership, he will only understand and implement
the leadership style based on his point of view (Bevan et al. 2018). This point of view is
generally imbibed in the subconscious of the person, which in layman terms is known as the
characteristics of a person or the personality traits.
Each team member has been assigned a specific leadership model, based on their
personality, characteristics, traits and qualities acquired over a period of time (Bradley,
2016).
It is said that a leader is born not made, few inherent qualities of the leaders are:
 Ability to delegate
 Ability to inspire
 Commitment
 Communication
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 Confidence
 Creativity
 Honesty
 Intuition
 Positive attitude
 Sense of humour
All the leaders possess different qualities; not all the leaders have all the qualities.
Let us evaluated the qualities associated with the members of the team associated with this
project (Loerakker et al. 2017).
Member 1: Autocratic Leadership Style
Member 2: Transactional Leadership Style
Member 3: Democratic Leadership Style
Member 4: Transformational Leadership Style
Member 5: Coaching Leadership Style
Reasons for model selection
The models have been selected based on the personality traits of the team members.
Each member of the team is laced with different personalities; hence the outlook of every
individual with regards to the organisational problems is different (Antonakis & Day, 2017).
The reason why the above leadership styles have been associated with the different members
is as follows:
Member 1: Autocratic Leadership Style
Member 1 is allotted leadership quality because he is authoritative in nature. Member
1 advocated his authority on all the work processes in the organisation. The decision making
is solely based on his discretion and hardly invites suggestions from other team members and
peers. When it comes to following the rules and protocols, member 1 has a rather rigid
approach. He believes in only following the rules, and no creativity is entertained. When it
comes to trust, he trusts himself to complete the task on time and in the right manner (Allen
et al. 2016).
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Member 2: Transactional Leadership style
Member 2 has been assigned the role of a transactional leader because he believes in
the carrot and sticks approach to get his work done. He is definitely a motivator, but his
motivation comes from the needs to fulfil his own aims and objectives. When the work is
done as per his requirements, then he treats them with rewards, and when someone falters
then, he takes punishment as a corrective means to achieve his objectives (Aga et al. 2016).
Member 3: Democratic Leadership style
Member 3 is given the status of a democratic leader because he believes in active
involvement and participation from all the team members. The decision-making process he
follows involves taking suggestions and feedbacks and then implementing decisions based on
the consensus of everyone. He delegates the responsibilities and authority to the members
with proper guidance and control to ensure the achievement of team objectives. He is an
excellent motivator, competitive, courageous, creative, fair, honest and intelligent (Fernandez
et al. 2015).
Member 4: Transformational Leadership style
Member 4 always goes for a contemporary approach in finding a solution to
problems, and modern techniques for conflict resolution. He gives much thought towards his
work and team members (Larson et al. 2017). When it comes to facing challenges and taking
risks, he does not scare easily. He is visionary in his work approach, he thinks through every
detail and inspires his team and peers at every step. He is very charismatic, which makes
many people follow him; leadership comes naturally to him.
Member 5: Coaching Leadership Style
Member 5 is a coach and also possesses leadership qualities. He develops and
improves the performance of his team and focus on enhancing the competencies of his team
members. He is interactive with everyone, which gives him valuable insight into the minds of
the people thereby using it to achieve results. The team members have the independence of
working at their own pace and strengths, and he is not interfering (Lock, 2017). He is
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extremely supportive of his team. He has tact, good communication, and good listener and
query solver.
In the above discussion, it can be seen that all the five members of the team are
different from each other. They all have a different way and tact of handling situations and
delegating the tasks. Some want complete control, whereas some foster the need for team co-
operation. Despite the differences, the role of each member is imperative (Kinnumen et al.
2016).
Task 2
Leadership styles
Every company implements various leadership strategies and styles on all the
projects they undertake. These leadership styles determine the workflow and the desired
outcome of the specific projects (Meuser et al. 2016). A total of five companies have been
chosen for the understanding, evaluation and ranking of the project leadership undertaken by
them. Following are the individual projects of the five companies determined by their
leadership skills:
1. MAC Cosmetics has launched a new project of a new lipstick “Smudge Free”, the
leadership style adopted by the project manager is Autocratic Leadership.
2. Burger King has started a new product, a beverage “Slurpy King”, the project manager
has chosen the leadership style of Transactional Leadership.
3. Uber has launched a new service of food delivery known as “Uber Eats”, the leadership
style chosen is Democratic Leadership.
4. Marks and Spencer have started a new store, and the store manager favours the leadership
style of Transformational Leadership.
5. IKEA has launched a new product of Murphy beds, "Bed raiser" the manager of the
project has chosen a leadership style of Coaching Leadership.
The above companies either have their projects launched or to be launched in the
market. The success and failure of the projects will be in the hands of the project managers
depending on their leadership skills (Ardichvili et al. 2016). In the following paragraphs, we
shall be evaluating the ranking of each project based on the leadership style and denoting
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