Project leadership can be an exciting and challenging opportunity, and a pathway to becoming a supervisor or manager. Collaborative leadership skills are the foundation of managing team-based projects and key to becoming successful as a leader. Examine the project management framework for gearing up and initiating team-based projects or assignments, and learn critical collaborative leadership skills (soft skills or social skills), such as:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Conflict management
- Courage
Focus on the strategic thinking competencies necessary for keeping projects on schedule and ultimately in achieving the desired deliverables and goals. Learn how thinking strategically will help you make the kind of sound and ethical decisions essential to helping your team work through change, challenges and even crisis. You will also gain insight into and practical skills for leading virtual teams, so you can be successful even when your team is spread out.
Establish a fundamental understanding of the steps needed when to begin a team-based project and to ensure the project has clear direction, goals and agreed upon resources. In addition, you will gain a better understanding of the importance of being a collaborative leader, and how these skills and abilities will help your team.