Gantthead.com catches the 'Project Leadership' vibe

I’m not sure if the editors of Gantthead.com read this blog, but they seem to have gone all out today with four short articles on leadership in the project management space. (registration is necessary to read the articles)

Leadership-Powered Project Management – 5 good tips for leading projects, provides a subjective, and somewhat random view of tips about project leadership.

Now, a word from your sponsor - This article suggests that project leadership is specifically the role of the project sponsor with project management handled by the ….errh… well… project manager. It’s an interesting perspective, akin to the President / Chief of Staff model. But definitely underplays the value of “project leadership” skills in significantly enhancing the effectiveness of standard project management processes.

The importance of followship – A philosophical piece discussing ‘followship’, and the importance of the ‘vision’ over the ‘leader as a charismatic individual’. I’d definitely agree!

The Yin and Yang of Adaptive Leadership – Probably the best article of the bunch. Although I think that the term “adaptive” is superfluous, and somewhat proprietary. Michael Wood does a good job listing the symptoms of a project lacking leadership, and the behaviours associated with good project leadership.

It’s nice to see a group of articles addressing ‘project leadership’, even if there is a general fragmentation and confusion over what ‘leadership’ is or represents. Maybe the project management world is coming around to the idea that successful ‘project leadership’ really does represent the next evolution of how projects should be considered!

-Jason Bates

Tags: gantthead.com, Project+Leadership, PMP

Comments

[Dave Garrett]

Hi Jason

I just ran across this post today. I'm not sure if my editors read this blog either, but we've had a fair number of leadership articles and postings since this blog posting went up. In fact we have new Gantthead Interest Group focused on specifically on that topic. Thanks so much for your comments above and I hope you'll comment (either here or there, positive or negative) on what we have up now.

Best,
Dave Garrett
CEO, gantthead.com