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SUMMARY:Mastering Project Leadership and Communication
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis advanced course moves beyond traditional project management to focus on the human side of delivering projects. Develop the essential leadership\, communication\, and influence skills required to inspire high-performance teams\, navigate complex conflicts\, manage diverse stakeholders\, and lead successful organizational change. \nTarget Audience: \nSenior Project Managers\, Program Managers\, Project Leaders\, and anyone tasked with leading project teams and managing key stakeholder relationships in complex environments. \nUpon completion\, students will be able to: \n\nAdapt leadership styles to motivate teams and navigate different project situations.\nApply advanced conflict resolution and negotiation techniques to achieve project goals.\nDevelop and execute a sophisticated stakeholder engagement and influence plan.\nImplement effective communication strategies for co-located\, hybrid\, and fully virtual teams.\nFoster a collaborative\, accountable\, and high-performing team culture.\nLead people through project-related change and drive innovation.\n\nOutline\nModule 1: Advanced Leadership Styles and Their Application to Projects \n\nLeadership vs. Management: Distinguishing between managing tasks and leading people.\nSituational Leadership® Model: Adapting your leadership style (Directing\, Coaching\, Supporting\, Delegating) based on team maturity and task complexity.\nServant Leadership & Transformational Leadership: Applying frameworks that focus on empowering teams and inspiring change.\n\nModule 2: Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Strategies \n\nSources of Project Conflict: Identifying common causes (e.g.\, schedules\, priorities\, resources\, personality).\nConflict Resolution Models: Applying the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) to choose the right approach (Competing\, Collaborating\, Compromising\, etc.).\nPrincipled Negotiation: Using strategies from “Getting to Yes” (focus on interests\, not positions) to achieve win-win outcomes.\n\nModule 3: Stakeholder Engagement and Influence Skills \n\nStakeholder Analysis & Mapping: Advanced techniques for identifying power\, interest\, influence\, and attitude.\nDeveloping Influence Strategies: Building coalitions\, crafting compelling arguments\, and using the Cialdini principles of persuasion (e.g.\, reciprocity\, scarcity\, authority).\nCreating a Stakeholder Engagement Plan: Moving from analysis to actionable engagement activities.\n\nModule 4: Advanced Communication Strategies for Virtual Teams \n\nThe Virtual Communication Challenge: Addressing proximity bias\, building trust\, and fostering inclusion remotely.\nChoosing the Right Channel: Matching the communication medium (email\, video\, chat\, collaborative tools) to the message’s complexity and sensitivity.\nRunning Effective Virtual Meetings: Designing and facilitating engaging virtual meetings that achieve their objectives.\n\nModule 5: Building and Sustaining High-Performance Project Teams \n\nTuckman’s Model Deep Dive: Actively guiding a team through Forming\, Storming\, Norming\, and Performing stages.\nCreating Psychological Safety: Establishing a team culture where members feel safe to take risks and voice opinions.\nMotivation & Recognition: Applying motivational theories (e.g.\, Herzberg\, Pink’s Drive) and designing effective recognition systems for project teams.\n\nModule 6: Leading Change and Driving Innovation Within Projects \n\nChange Management Models: Applying frameworks like ADKAR (Awareness\, Desire\, Knowledge\, Ability\, Reinforcement) to project initiatives.\nOvercoming Resistance: Identifying the root causes of resistance and developing strategies to address them.
URL:https://excelbi.co.za/event/mastering-project-leadership-and-communication/2026-12-07/
LOCATION:Excel BI\, 484 Hilda Street\, Hatfield\, Pretoria\, Gauteng\, 0083\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Project Management
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