Dr. R. Earl Thomas

Leadership- should reflect the team’s stage of development. Leaders should motivate, facilitate goal setting, educate and evaluate achievements.

Leadership is a crucial quality in both academic and corporate settings. The leader acts as an anchor of the team. He sets direction, builds an inspiring vision, and monitors the work process. Leadership can be built since young ages, which often started in an academic environment. Every group project demands a leader to help smooth out the activity, which include my ENGL 202D group project. Everyone in the team designates Stefan Horgas to be the team’s leader because he is a part of the Ice Lions club and has a deep knowledge in ice hockey field. Stefan perfectly performs his role as a leader. He not only creates and sends out work documents, but also verifies and answers any club’s related questions. His actions made the team operate efficiently

According to Vance Packard, leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something that you are convinced should be done (Lewis, 2003). Leadership is a pertinent part of project management. James Lewis (2003) says leadership is not a position; it’s the ability to gain commitment from people. According to Professor Warren G. Bennis, “Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right”. The importance of leadership in a project is demonstrated in the case study, “A Peaceful Evacuation: Building a Multi-Project Team Battalion by Leading Upward”. This case study involves two leaders, who had similar, but mostly, different

Leadership by the team leader, who has responsibility for the team, is critical for team

The leader gives projects, tasks and support and the team should be able to operate on its own.

During the group work in the course it was apparent that a few traits stood out that would help a leader effectively lead the team. First, the leader must understand the project and be able to communicate that to the team members to improve commitment and ensure quality. Second, the team should have common goals as we set forth in our team charter. This provides measurable metrics which will help identify if the team is effective. Third, accountability is a priority from the very beginning. Everyone needs to know their part and the consequences if they are unable to meet the expectations set out by the group. Lastly, the leader must be able to create an environment of open communication to enable team members to give and receive feedback that will enhance the quality of the project.

Each team lead should be responsible for their team, and each team should be held accountable for the risks involved in their department. They should be aware of the elements of the project they are responsible for delivering and make them accountable by holding review meetings each week to measure progress.

Consequently, it is a privilege to lead, however it is critical for leaders to remember that they were not always leaders; a good leader would acquire empathy. It is also important that once the leader ask the supervisee to take on a project, to check up on the supervisee periodically to gather how the project is coming to fruition

Describe specific practices that successful project managers apply in exercising their leadership and management roles overall.

A lot of people think that leadership is running a project- I do not think this is correct. I believe that leadership is guiding people in a united direction.

“Leadership is the ability to maximize the activities of team members by ensuring that team actions are understood, changes in information are shared, and team members have the necessary resources (>>>>)”. A team leader has the ability to form a team, distribute responsibilities and establish well-defined goals. It is up to the leader to make sure all members within the team understand and agree to the goals and responsibility, have an adequate staff and resources to implement. The leader is skillful at conflict resolution and is ready for any foreseeable problems that may arise. In problem solving a leader maintains aware of the situation at all times while anticipating a sequel of events to improve the outcomes. A important duty of a leader is to promote and facilitate good teamwork. The overall roles of leadership is to asses the necessities of the organization and determine the appropriate interventions accordingly to enhance patient

The leader must be sure to take the group dynamics into consideration. It is important to make everyone involved feel that their needs are important. For the project to be a success, everyone participating must feel as if they are contributing and that they are being valued equally.

A good leader led his team to improve their skills in order to achieve the goals, as Lafaste stated “as a leader, you must be able to relate to the team and earn their respect and loyalty to the goal. This cannot be accomplished by being a dictator and micro-managing the team and the members. A leader must manage and master the core competencies”. Once again, I can point the role of the Project Manager, leading and motivating, not solving the problems but being sure that the problems are solved, by his team.

Leadership is summarized as ‘the process in which an individual impacts a variety of individuals to attain a common goal’. The goal is attained by mutual collaboration and cohesive behavior. A leader infuses a sense of positivity and manages others to reach a specified goal. Leadership has had a very profound influence throughout my life by affecting my family, friends, teammates, and the overall decisions that I have made. By using my personal experiences with leadership, I have learned how to use these skills not only on the field, but throughout my everyday actions.

The area of team leadership attracts a lot of attention in the modern world because of the need to assemble and deploy diverse teams for the completion of projects. The future of many corporations relies more and more on the kind of team leadership they have for their projects. This paper explores a number of facets that constitute effective team leadership.