Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers

Leadership

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Success on any program or project requires strong leadership from the program or project manager. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI):

• A leader “guides, inspires, and motivates team members and other project stakeholders to manage and overcome issues to effectively achieve project objectives” (2007, p. 23). Leadership is a key personal competency for the project manager.

• Leadership is important throughout all phases of a project‧s life cycle, but it is especially essential for communicating the project‧s vision and then inspiring the team to achieve high performance (2008a, p. 240).

• Leadership “is the process that will facilitate project goal achievement” (1987, p. F-6).

• “Leadership skills are needed for managing ...