Chapter 7. Project Team Leadership

Introduction to Project Team Leadership

Project team leadership is the over-arching aspect of the emotional intelligence framework for project managers. It is about getting the right people on your team, successfully communicating with them and motivating them, and then clearing conflicts and other roadblocks so that they perform and achieve the project objectives. This domain includes the project management competencies of communications, conflict management, and inspirational leadership, as shown in Figure 7-1.

EQ Model Showing Team Leadership.

Figure 7-1. EQ Model Showing Team Leadership.

Like the relationship management domain that we explored ...

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