Project Management Foundations: Teams

Project Management Foundations: Teams

26mBeginner2020-02-20

Authors

Daniel Stanton

Daniel Stanton

Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management

Course details

Explore leading techniques for understanding the personality traits of team members, and for managing the development of teams. Instructor Daniel Stanton discusses the value of learning about team members and explains a number of assessments that can assist with identifying personality types, emotional intelligence, strengths, and work styles. He also shares ways project managers can use these tools to relate to colleagues and create an environment in which everyone is able to succeed.

Topics include:
- Examine the Myers-Briggs type indicator.
- Explore use of the Tates work styles assessment.
- Identify the elements of emotional intelligence.
- Explore applications of the situational leadership model to address employee needs.
- Examine how the Lencioni model applies to dysfunctional teams.

Skills covered

Project LeadershipFoundationsProject Management

Concepts

Introduction

  • Tools for successful project teams

Discovering Project Working Styles

  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for project teams
  • The DiSC personality profile
  • Work style assessment
  • StrengthsFinder assessment
  • Emotional intelligence for project teams
  • Tuckman Team-Development Model
  • Situational project leadership
  • Project change and transition management
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • Manage projects in matrix organizations

Conclusion

  • Managing project teams