What are we doing?
How are we going to achieve that?
These are just a couple of the questions that members of any project team ask during the life of a project. The same can be said for members of management looking to see how their initiative is going to make it from an idea to a reality.
As project manager we are chartered with not only creating a plan, but getting the team on the same page by providing the leadership necessary to get this group of individuals to act and deliver as one. Like most things, there is no single style of leadership that must be followed in order to be a successful leader for your project. There are many different styles the can be leveraged and in most cases those styles are put into action depending on the situation at hand.
In observing the best project managers over the last 20 years, I have noted some common themes in the successful application of different leadership styles. The themes coalesce around four types that I will characterize as the following:
- Task Master
- Advocate
- Captain
- Parent
Let's explore each in turn:
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