People Management for Projects Course
- Duration:1 Day
- Cost:£449 + VAT
- Ref:PP
A practical workshop for project managers
Who is it for
This workshop is suitable for anyone looking to deliver projects on time and to budget through effective management of people.
What is it about
Effective and successful project managers know that their success in projects comes from two areas: the methodology they employ to manage the project and the way they manage the people involved. This workshop gives essential tools for managing the people associated with projects, which could include the project sponsor, project team, suppliers, contractors and those affected by the project. As this is a workshop style day, there will be opportunities for you to work on your own specific issues.
Course Overview
- Clarify your role
- The differences between managing the project and managing the people involved
- Communication style - Identify your style of communicating and learn how to adapt it
- Understanding the real issues
- Learn techniques to get people talking to you so you can deepen your understanding of project issues
- Effective coaching
- Practice the skills needed to “coach” a member of your project team
- Team exercise – A practical activity to consolidate learning and gain personal feedback
- Delegation
- Understanding the reasons for poor delegation
- Assess your own team using “Degrees of Delegation”
- Get-it-right checklist
- Gaining commitment
- Three common reasons for lack of commitment
- Apply reasons to a person of your choice
- Difficult conversations
- A framework for managing a difficult conversation
- Discussion of real situations and practice as appropriate
- “Live” Issue
- A practical activity run in small confidential groups, where specific issues are described and guidance received on how to resolve them
What will I get out of it?
- Clarification of your role on projects
- An understanding of your communication style and how to adapt it when necessary
- The skills to enhance your delegation technique
- The ability to hold a “difficult conversation” with confidence
- Enhanced productivity through better working relationships and more successful projects
- An opportunity to work on your own real “people issue"
- Coaching on a specific area for your own personal development to help you obtain better results through people
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