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The Project Manager as Leader - Tips, Tools, and Techniques (S4E9)
Merv Jersak and Tim Jerome, hosts of a project management-focused podcast, explore various strategies and techniques to enhance leadership skills within the context of project management. They delve into the belief that leadership is a learned skill rather than an innate one, emphasizing the importance of fulfilling team members' needs to boost productivity and engagement. Key strategies discussed include the necessity of setting clear visions, investing in self-learning, mastering the art of delegation, and improving communication skills. The hosts stress the importance of active listening, asking questions before making assumptions, and understanding workplace politics to navigate complex projects effectively. The episode underscores that successful leadership is a journey of continuous self-improvement and adaptation to one's unique style and the specific demands of the project and team.
Main Take-Aways
1) Leadership is not a skill you’re born with, It takes time and effort to develop good leadership skills. It is a journey of self-improvement.
2) Merv and Tim offer a variety of tips and techniques they have developed over the years to enhance their leadership skills and their ability to deliver better results for their customers, tips such as:
- Team members’ needs fulfillment
- Effective project kickoffs to set the vision
- A learning mindset
- Delegation
- Communication mastery
- Mindfulness
- Navigating office politics
Show Notes
Today’s Project Managers Coffee Chat: Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Enhance Your Project Leadership Skills
00:27 Leadership skills – learned or innate from birth? They are acquired through focused interest and effort.
02:30 Tim’s first tip: connect people's fulfillment of their needs to the work they are doing.
03:10 Merv’s tip: Conduct project kickoffs such that the project vision is explained and established.
04:24 Tim advises next to develop a learning mindset.
07:33 Merv says to learn how to delegate to free yourself up to be that visionary, and then elaborates on Tim’s tip of investing in our self-learning.
10:33 Merv provides a real-life example of communication mastery that goes beyond email.
12:38 Tim suggests that we use mindfulness, or being present, to both have a good handle on our emotions and to clarify our decision making.
16:25 Merv continues with his strong endorsement of a favorite topic of his – communication. Project managers must be expert in communication via many methods clearly, succinctly, forthrightly, honestly, transparently, non-ambiguously. Strong communication also requires active listening skills.
18:18 Tim offers one more tip: learn how to navigate office politics with strategy.
20:04 Effective leadership is a continuous journey of self-improvement, and these few tips and techniques that have been offered will be helpful to you as you adapt them to your style and situations.
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By Merv Jersak & Tim JeromeMerv Jersak and Tim Jerome, hosts of a project management-focused podcast, explore various strategies and techniques to enhance leadership skills within the context of project management. They delve into the belief that leadership is a learned skill rather than an innate one, emphasizing the importance of fulfilling team members' needs to boost productivity and engagement. Key strategies discussed include the necessity of setting clear visions, investing in self-learning, mastering the art of delegation, and improving communication skills. The hosts stress the importance of active listening, asking questions before making assumptions, and understanding workplace politics to navigate complex projects effectively. The episode underscores that successful leadership is a journey of continuous self-improvement and adaptation to one's unique style and the specific demands of the project and team.
Main Take-Aways
1) Leadership is not a skill you’re born with, It takes time and effort to develop good leadership skills. It is a journey of self-improvement.
2) Merv and Tim offer a variety of tips and techniques they have developed over the years to enhance their leadership skills and their ability to deliver better results for their customers, tips such as:
- Team members’ needs fulfillment
- Effective project kickoffs to set the vision
- A learning mindset
- Delegation
- Communication mastery
- Mindfulness
- Navigating office politics
Show Notes
Today’s Project Managers Coffee Chat: Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Enhance Your Project Leadership Skills
00:27 Leadership skills – learned or innate from birth? They are acquired through focused interest and effort.
02:30 Tim’s first tip: connect people's fulfillment of their needs to the work they are doing.
03:10 Merv’s tip: Conduct project kickoffs such that the project vision is explained and established.
04:24 Tim advises next to develop a learning mindset.
07:33 Merv says to learn how to delegate to free yourself up to be that visionary, and then elaborates on Tim’s tip of investing in our self-learning.
10:33 Merv provides a real-life example of communication mastery that goes beyond email.
12:38 Tim suggests that we use mindfulness, or being present, to both have a good handle on our emotions and to clarify our decision making.
16:25 Merv continues with his strong endorsement of a favorite topic of his – communication. Project managers must be expert in communication via many methods clearly, succinctly, forthrightly, honestly, transparently, non-ambiguously. Strong communication also requires active listening skills.
18:18 Tim offers one more tip: learn how to navigate office politics with strategy.
20:04 Effective leadership is a continuous journey of self-improvement, and these few tips and techniques that have been offered will be helpful to you as you adapt them to your style and situations.