Transforming Project Managers into Programme Leaders

Overview

This 3 day interactive workshop provides the strong communication and leadership skills that are imperative for project success.

As participants go through the whole life cycle of a project, real-time behavioural feedback and coaching is provided. This drives significant learning for each individual on how they can personally manage the people side of their project more effectively, enabling them to motivate and inspire their project teams and effectively manage their executive sponsors and key stakeholders. With these skills project managers will excel at delivering value for their organisation.

P.O.S.T.

Purpose

To develop the behavioural competence of project and programme managers

Outcomes

At the end of the programme you will have made a positive step change in your behavioural competence by having:

• Developed a deeper personal awareness of your impact on all project stakeholders and your team
• Identified how to build increased levels of trust, generating followership from your team and respect from your peers
• Learned how to use a range of behaviours to effectively lead your programe, including:
  • Listening to and respecting the views of others
  • Questioning to generate ideas or analyse options
  • Persuading to move forward through reasoning
  • Controlling to provide clear direction when exercising legitimate authority
• Developed your skill in giving timely feedback to others on their actions and behaviour, keeping prgramme deliverables on track
• Explored how to positively respond to conflict situations to enable effective resolution

Structure

• Interactive workshop using project simulation
• Short theory inputs, followed by practical application sessions
• Requires discipline and energy to complete project tasks
• Live – giving and receiving feedback “in the moment”

Timing

3 days 09:00 – 18:00 each day