An Intensive 10-day Training Course
Complex Project Management, Project Leadership and Communication
- Format: Classroom
- Duration: 10 days
- Language: English
- Accredited: CPE, KHDA Certified training courses
INTRODUCTION
A major concern to any successful organisation lies in the effective leadership and management of its projects. This requires a clear focus on the value of projects and on the ability to seize opportunities, minimise threats and maximise benefits. It also requires key leadership competencies to fully engage team members and stakeholders. In this Complex Project Management, Project Leadership and Communication Training course, you’ll work through the project phases, learning how to apply key Project Management Principles and develop key Interpersonal Skills
This EuroMaTech Complex Project Management, Project Leadership and Communication training course is designed to help Project Managers and Project Management Team members to lead and deliver complex projects which provide sustainable value to their organisations and their customers, drawing on the latest PMBOK 6th and 7th editions.
Participants attending this training course will develop the following competencies:
- Valuing and Leading People
- Good Stewardship
- Systematic Thinking
- Focus on Quality
- Managing Complexity
- Managing Uncertainty
- Leading through Change
- Effective Communication
This 10-day training course, comprises of two parts, as detailed below:
Module 1 - Complex Project Management Training
Module 2 - Project Leadership, Management and Communications
Each module has been developed distinctly, such that it can can be attended as an individual 5-day training course. However, for optimum training outcome, participants are encouraged to attend Module 1 and Module 2, as a complete 2-week training course.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
- Build and Manage Stakeholder Relationships
- Lead Diverse Teams
- Carry out Initiation of Complex Projects
- Apply Risk Management to Manage Uncertainty
- Carry out Planning of Complex Projects
- Plan the Execution and Control of Complex Projects
- Enhance leadership skills including: setting direction, aligning people, motivating and inspiring, leading teams, and communicating.
- Learn how to build effective working relationships, negotiate and lead change.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This EuroMaTech training course is suitable to anyone with the responsibility for leadership in the project environment. It is especially suited to:
- Project Managers
- Project Management Team members
- Program Managers
- Program Management Team members
- Project and Program Sponsors
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The Complex Project Management, Project Leadership and Communication training course will combine presentations and discussions with interactive exercises to practice skills and consolidate learning. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in relating the Principles of Project Management and Interpersonal Skills to the particular needs of their workplace.
TRAINING SUMMARY
The Complex Project Management, Project Leadership and Communication training course covers essential knowledge and skills required to lead and manage complex projects effectively. It provides the tools to initiate, plan, execute and control complex project work and to manage the associated uncertainty. It also enables the development of key interpersonal skills in leadership, communication, motivation, influencing, negotiation and conflict management.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Module 1: Complex Project Management Training
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Day 1 - Understanding the Project Context
- What is a Project?
- What is Project Management?
- What makes Projects Complex?
- Project Management Principles
- Project Management Performance Domains
- The Project Management Life Cycle
Day 2 - Initiating Complex Projects
- Project Selection and Initiation
- Developing the Project Team
- Identifying Stakeholders
- Engaging with Stakeholders
- Creating the Project Charter
- Project Justification
Day 3 - Managing Project Uncertainty
- Risk Management Planning
- Risk Identification
- Qualitative Risk Analysis and Prioritisation
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Probability and Statistical techniques
- Risk Response Planning
Day 4 - Planning Complex Projects
- Work Breakdown Structures and their uses
- Project Network Diagram and Quality Planning
- Estimating Duration, Cost and Resources
- Critical Path Analysis and Resolving Time Constraints
- Presenting the Project Plan
- Securing Resources and Resolving Resource Constraints
Day 5 - Executing and Controlling Complex Projects
- Preparing for Project Execution
- Project Control Process
- Project Change Control
- Monitoring Project Performance
- Resolving Project Issues
- Closing the Project
Module 2: Project Leadership, Management and Communications
DAY 1 – Project Leadership Fundamentals
- Introduction to Course Objectives
- Separating Leadership from Management
- Leadership as a Journey
- Assessing your Leadership Competencies
- Leadership Knoweldge Areas
- The Need for Result-based Project Leadership
- Traits of Effective Leadership
- The Buidling Blocks of Leadership
- Create your Own Leadership Vision
- Project Leadership Styles
- Habits of Effective Project Leaders
- Create a Leadership Development Plan
DAY 2 – Building and Leading Productive Teams
- Project Leadership and Dimensions of Credibility
- Leading Different Personalities
- Team Building Stages
- Different Roles and Behavioural Patterns within Teams
- Identifying and Expanding your Comfort Zone
- Managing the Project Team
- Understadning Motivational Patterns using SDI®
- Motivating Team Members using Different Techniques
- Establishing and Maintaining Effective Working Relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders
- Update your Leadership Development Plan
DAY 3 – Leadership through Effective Communication
- What do Leaders Communicate About?
- Communication Styles
- Matching Communication Styles
- Powerful Communication
- Active Listening
- Power and Leadership Relationship
- Sources of Leadership Power
- Empowerment Models and Practices
- Update your Leadership Development Plan
DAY 4 – Influence, Negotiations, and Conflict Management
- Influencing Tactics
- Your Preferred Influence Style(s)
- Keys to Successful Influence
- The Need for Negotiations
- Preparing for Negotiations
- Best Alternative for Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)
- Competitive vs. Collaborative Negotiations
- Negotiation Styles
- Negotiation Tactics
- Emotions and Conflicts in Negotiations
- Common Negotiations Errors
- Sources of Conflicts within Project Teams
- Destructive vs. Constructive Conflicts
- Modes of Conflict Handling
- Update your Leadership Development Plan
DAY 5 – Role of Ethics and Leading People through Change
- Change in the Organisation Context
- The Change Process
- Your Role in a Chaning Work Enviroment
- Stages in the Change Process
- Define Ethics and identify Links between Ethics and Trust
- Ethical Leadership Behaviour
- Appropriate Leadership Strategies for Stages in the Change Process
- Dealing with People Resisting Change
- Developing a Change Management Plan
- Adjusting to Change
- Effective Reporting
- Keeping Yourself Motivated
- Self Awareness and Self-discipline Skills
- Leadership Learning and Mentoring
- Finalise your Leadership Development Plan
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ACCREDITATION
EuroMaTech is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
Euromatech is a Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) approved training institute in Dubai, licensed and approved to deliver training courses in the UAE.
The KHDA is the regulatory authority in the UAE, that oversees administering, approving, supervising, and controlling the activities of various education providers in the UAE. We are proud of our commitment to ensuring quality training courses and status as a KHDA-approved training provider.
Taught by our team of highly qualified trainers, our KHDA approved training courses will provide you with an enriching learning experience and practical knowledge that will help you future-proof your career and support professional development within your organisation.
