Project Leadership: (motivating & Directing In Projects)

Project Leadership (Motivating & Directing in Projects)

Factors that Motivate People 1. Trustworthy Leadership

7. No Regrets (Focus on Future)

2. Being Relevant

8. Stable Future

3. Leading with Example

9. Self Indulgence

4. Salary 5. Career Advancement 6. Achievement Motivation

10.Impact 11.Happiness 12.Perks 13.Congenial Work Environment

Providing Mentoring • Mentorship is a formal or informal relationship in which a senior or more experienced person helps to guide a less experienced person usually a fresh arrival in a project or company. • It is long term in nature. • The protégé or protégée receives support which helps him/her in understanding career guidance, role modeling, and is communication based. • Historically significant systems of mentorship include the guru–disciple traditional practices in the subcontinent.

Providing Counseling • Counseling is done to the person who is little confused or does not know what to do, so some idea is being given in order he should not lose himself. • Counseling attempt to resolve deep underlying issues that are the drivers of low levels of motivation, low self esteem or poor performance. • Counseling is about issues based in the past that are preventing a person moving on in life. It supports people in a time of turmoil and personal crisis.

Counseling Process • The counseling process is a planned, structured dialogue between a counselor and a client. • It is a cooperative process in which a trained professional helps a person called the client to identify sources of difficulties or concerns he/she is experiencing. • Together they develop ways to deal with and overcome these problems so that person has new skills and increased understanding of themselves and others.

Limit of authority is the decisions that certain staff members can make in a business. This includes exchanges and refunds. In certain situations, a staff member must confer with a higher level of authority, before taking a decision.

Establishing Limits of Authority

Leadership Styles 1. Authoritarian or Autocratic. 2. Paternalistic. 3. Democratic/Participative  Sharing in decision making. 4. Laissez-faire  Powers given to workers. 5. Transactional  Based on reward and punishment. 6. Transformational  Transformational leader challenges and inspires the workers with sense of purpose and excitement. Listens more.

Participative Management & Interpersonal Skills • Verbal Communication • Non-verbal Communication • Listening Skills • Negotiation – Win Win Outcome • Problem Solving • Decision Making • Assertiveness • Questioning • Manners and Etiquettes • Social Awareness

Consensus Decision Making Group decision making process for achieving acceptable resolution.

• The word comes from Agreement which means feel together. • It might not be the favorite of each individual. • Its aims are seeking agreement, collaboration and cooperation.

Decision Rules The level of agreement necessary to finalize a decision is known as a decision rule. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Unanimous agreement Unanimous consent Unanimous agreement minus one vote or three votes etc. Unanimous consent minus one vote or two votes Super majority (Thresholds levels 90%, 80%, 75%, 2/3rd can be devised). Simple majority Executive committee decides Person-in-charge decides

Consensus Blocking & Dissent • You cannot say no to this • Stand aside • Providing an alternative solution

Consensus Process

Techniques I. Verbal II. Non-Verbal a. Gesture of hand and fingers b. Colored cards c. Dotmocracy sheet d. Ringi-Sho circulation document

Criticism

• Preservation of status quo • Groupthink

Dotmocracy Sheet (Example)

Ringi-Sho Circulation Document