PMF 150 - Project Management Team Leadership Skills
Course Description
Leadership in project management is essential to ensuring success as project teams move through different stages of development. Project managers with strong knowledge of team stages and development increase their team’s opportunities for growth.
Learn different leadership styles, competencies, and tools to help you develop the ability to lead complex projects and organizational change.
Acquire important leadership skills in managing projects, interpersonal communication, influencing skills, team building, and motivating and inspiring teams.
Transfer Credit
Project Management Foundations Certificate students who have completed BMC 290 Leadership in Project Management will be credited 20 hours towards this course.
Course Details
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Describe leadership competencies that build teams, motivate individuals, and promote effective decision making
- Investigate the relationship between leadership and project management
- Analyze the stages of team development as forming, storming, norming, and performing
- Create a plan to develop your leadership qualities
Topics of Instruction
- Tuckman Ladder Model
- Situational Leadership
- Leadership Styles
Notes
Formerly: BMC 290 Leadership in Project Management
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Advanced Project Management Diploma : Required
- Project Management Foundations Certificate : Required
I completed my Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, Mexico in 1982; completed a MBA from St. Edward’s University in 1985 and initiated my professional career in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela as Planning and Scheduling Engineer in Project Controls organization in 1986. I had occupied positions as Project Engineer, Turnover Coordinator, Maintenance Coordinator, Site Project Control Manager, planner, scheduler leading teams for over 30+ years of combined experience, impacting the performance of organizations through expert alignment of technical – administrative resources in Project Management Team (PMT) environment, for Oil industry producers and EPC contractors. Using best practices in project management; also succeeding in cross-functional settings, matrix organizations, joint ventures; embracing challenges/changes and serving as an instrumental role in optimizing processes. After 20 years working in my native Venezuela; arrived to Fort McMurray, Canada in 2006 and continue developing my career in major projects and maintenance organizations for the last 11 years.
