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Course Overview

Leadership is at the heart of successful project management. While technical skills ensure planning and execution, leadership capabilities foster motivation, alignment, and collaboration. Effective project leaders balance vision with practicality, guiding teams through uncertainty while managing diverse stakeholders.

This course explores leadership styles, team dynamics, stakeholder engagement, decision-making, communication, and resilience in project environments. Participants will gain hands-on experience to lead with confidence, motivate diverse teams, and sustain performance under pressure.

At EuroQuest International Training, the course blends leadership frameworks, case studies, and simulations to prepare professionals for the realities of leading projects in dynamic environments.

Key Benefits of Attending

• Develop leadership skills tailored to project management

• Strengthen communication and decision-making in projects

• Enhance stakeholder engagement and influence strategies

• Build high-performing and resilient project teams

• Benchmark leadership practices against global project standards

Why Attend

This course empowers project professionals to inspire and guide teams, manage complexity, and lead projects to successful completion by leveraging leadership skills in addition to technical expertise.

Course Methodology

• Expert-led lectures on leadership in project management

• Case studies of leadership successes and failures in projects

• Workshops on team building and communication strategies

• Simulations of leadership challenges in project environments

• Group projects on leadership-driven project strategies

Course Objectives

By the end of this ten-day training course, participants will be able to:

• Define the role of leadership in project management success

• Apply leadership styles suited to different project contexts

• Foster collaboration and trust within project teams

• Engage and influence stakeholders effectively

• Strengthen decision-making under uncertainty

• Resolve conflicts and manage team dynamics

• Apply motivational strategies to sustain team performance

• Monitor leadership impact with project KPIs

• Align leadership with organizational culture and values

• Benchmark against recognized global leadership practices

• Build resilience and adaptability as a project leader

• Develop long-term strategies for leadership growth

Target Audience

• Project and program managers

• Team leaders and supervisors in project environments

• Operations and delivery managers

• Senior managers overseeing project portfolios

• Consultants in project management and leadership development

Target Competencies

• Project leadership and influence skills

• Team collaboration and conflict management

• Stakeholder engagement and communication

• Decision-making under complexity and risk

• Motivation and performance management

• Adaptive and resilient leadership

• Strategic alignment and global best practices

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Leadership in Project Management

• The importance of leadership beyond technical skills

• Distinguishing management vs. leadership in projects

• Case studies of leadership-driven success

• Workshop on leadership awareness

Unit 2: Leadership Styles in Project Contexts

• Transformational, transactional, and situational leadership

• Matching leadership style to project needs

• Adapting leadership approaches under pressure

• Group activity on leadership styles

Unit 3: Building and Leading High-Performing Teams

• Team dynamics and group behavior in projects

• Fostering collaboration and trust

• Role of leaders in conflict resolution

• Simulation of team leadership scenarios

Unit 4: Stakeholder Engagement and Influence

• Identifying and mapping stakeholders

• Strategies to influence and gain stakeholder buy-in

• Communication tools for stakeholder management

• Role-play on stakeholder engagement

Unit 5: Decision-Making and Problem-Solving in Projects

• Frameworks for structured project decisions

• Leading under uncertainty and ambiguity

• Balancing short-term and long-term project goals

• Workshop on decision-making exercises

Unit 6: Communication Strategies for Project Leaders

• Designing effective communication plans

• Cross-cultural and remote team communication

• Storytelling as a leadership tool

• Simulation of leadership communication challenges

Unit 7: Motivation and Performance Management

• Motivational theories in project leadership

• Techniques to sustain team performance

• Managing underperformance constructively

• Case study on motivation strategies

Unit 8: Conflict and Crisis Leadership

• Conflict management frameworks

• Leading teams during crises and disruptions

• Emotional intelligence in conflict situations

• Role-play on conflict resolution

Unit 9: Governance and Ethical Leadership in Projects

• Governance frameworks and leadership roles

• Ethical challenges in project management

• Building integrity and accountability as a leader

• Workshop on ethical leadership

Unit 10: Resilience and Adaptability in Leadership

• Building resilience in project environments

• Leading through change and transformation

• Adaptive leadership in uncertain contexts

• Group activity on resilience practices

Unit 11: Global Best Practices in Project Leadership

• Lessons from global leadership case studies

• Benchmarking leadership practices in international projects

• Adapting best practices to organizational culture

• Group discussion on global leadership insights

Unit 12: Capstone Leadership in Projects Exercise

• Group project on leadership strategies in projects

• Designing team and stakeholder leadership frameworks

• Presenting leadership approaches for project success

• Final adoption plan for organizations

Closing Call to Action

Join this ten-day training course to master leadership in project management, enabling you to inspire teams, influence stakeholders, and deliver successful projects with confidence.