Leadership Skills in Project Management

This report focuses on the leadership skills of the project manager and their role in managing complex projects. It also discusses the process of assembling a team and provides insights on managing conflicts in projects.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
a. Leadership skills of project manager...........................................................................................3
b. Assembling a team.......................................................................................................................4
c. Conflicts in projects.....................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Project management has been an important part in success of a project. Project manager
plays an important role in the success of the project. The success of the project depends on
several factors including leadership and reducing conflicts among team members. This reports
deals with three questions mentioned. The use of leadership skills in the project management has
been discussed in the report.
a. Leadership skills of project manager
As commented by Müller et al. (2018), leadership skills of a project manager have been
an important factor in the success of a project. Leaders help in providing a right track and
planning for the completion of the project. The use of leadership skills have been helping in
maintaining a keen approach in the success of the project. There are various leadership skills that
need to be available in the project manager. In order to avail good services from team members,
the project manager need to have a proper communication skills with their employees and team
members. This help in minimizing the conflicts among team members and manager. A clear and
concise idea of the whole project need to be provided to the team members. As per the research
done by Agarwal et al. (2017), this helps in maintaining a keen approach to the development of
complex projects. Complex projects include several types of objectives that are complex in
nature. Therefore, project manager needs ti be active and clear about the objectives of the
projects. This might help in maintaining a proper approach in the development of the project.
The project manager must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills that help in
providing proper approach to the projects. A project manager must be a good instant decision
maker that helps in making decision at critical situations of the development of the project.

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Project manager needs to be patient and have positive attitude towards the completion of the
goals and projects. Complex projects have been a lot of complexities and there might be negative
vibes coming out from team members due to dissatisfactions. In such scenario, project manager
needs to be patient and listen to team members related to issues and challenges faced by them in
the progression of project. This help in providing better advices and solutions to issues of the
project. A project manager needs to be a leader and prepare team in a bold way. As per research
done by Drouin et al. (2018), team members need to be motivated to complete a complex project
on time with quality. Therefore, leader need to conduct motivation sessions for team members
time to time. These qualities of project members help in completing complex projects on time
with quality.
b. Assembling a team
It has been an important to gather proper skilled individuals in the team. Recruitment of
skilled employees in the team for engaging them in a project has been important. Recruitment
process needs to be based on the requirement of the project. The requirements and objectives of
the project need to be handled properly before recruiting staff for the project. As commented by
Landay & DeArmond, (2018), recruitment process include a systematic process from sourcing
candidates to arranging interview for selection in the team. Recruiter’s need to focus in the need
of the project that include skills and knowledge required for employees to be in the projects. The
gals and objectives of the project need to be clear and concise among recruiters. During the
interview process, recruiters need to focus on these requirements before selecting a candidate for
the project. There are some important questions that need to be asked during the interview
process. Some of these questions are mentioned below:
 Tell me about yourself

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 What are your qualifications and expertise?
 What forces you to do this work?
 Are you motivated to be fit in this job?
 Please explain us about your skills and expertise
 Why should we hire you for this project?
 How will you help us in making a successful project?
These sample questions will help recruiters to find proper candidates who are suitable for
respective project. These questions will help in identifying skills and knowledge possessed by an
employee for the project.
c. Conflicts in projects
As per research done by Rajaweera, Jayasena and Dissanayake , (2018), conflicts are
common thing in complex projects. It creates paradoxical effects on decision making and
outcomes of the project. There have been various negative impacts of conflicts on projects.
These might cause a failure in the project. There have been various reason due to which
conflicts occurs in the project. The major reason of conflicts have been improper
communication. Lack in communication man employees and managers create a gap between
them. This has been creating conflicts among the deals and views of employees and managers. A
project manager need to communicate with their team members that help in minimizing conflicts
among them. As per research done by Wang et al., (2019), another major reason of conflict has
been poor leadership quality of project manager. A poor project manager does not focuses on the
progress of the project. This create a gap among the employees and manger. Conflicts have been
occurring due to the lack of knowledge about objectives of project. This help in minimizing the
conflicts among team members and manager. A clear and concise idea of the whole project need

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to be provided to the team members. This helps in maintaining a keen approach to the
development of complex projects. As per research done by Ju, Ding & Skibniewski , (2017), a
poor leadership skill of project manager causes insecurity among team members and they
confused about the progression of the project. Therefore, this causes conflicts among team
members and decrease quality of project. However, these conflicts can be minimized by
following ways:
 Proper communication skills of project manager
 Good leadership skills of project manager
 Clear and concise goals and objectives
 Understanding among team members
 Proper knowledge and skills set of team members
 Training and motivation of team members
Conclusion
This report has focused on the leadership skills of the project manager and his role in the
managing complex projects. This report has focused on assembling team members for
completing a project with a success. There have been several questions asked in the report that
help in recruiting proper individuals having skills and knowledge about the project. The third
part have discussed about the conflicts in the project. The causes and solutions of the conflicts
have been discussed in the report.

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