What you'll learn

What does it mean to be a project leader today? Projects are increasingly critical to organizations, but emergent methodologies are simultaneously changing how project teams perform. The role of project leader is paradoxically more important but also less well-defined than ever before. In this course, Serving as a Project Leader, you’ll learn how an adaptive mindset and understanding of servant leadership can help project leaders succeed in any environment. First, you’ll discover how project teams deliver value to organizations, and how leadership efforts should be focused on facilitating this journey. Then, you’ll explore how assessment skills and an understanding of project team member skills and attributes can be combined with an understanding of project objectives to form a tailored leadership approach. Finally, you’ll learn how leaders may adapt their skills to agile initiatives that are typically more self-governing in nature than traditional projects may be. By the end of this course, you’ll understand the role of leaders within project initiatives, and how you can shape your approach to best fit your team, your mission, and your environment to facilitate success.