Chapter 16 - Managing Participation, Teamwork, Conflict

Question 1

What are the characteristics of general leadership?

Answer 1

• Vision
• Charisma
• Fearlessness
• Persuasiveness

Question 2

What is general leadership?

Answer 2

Experiences built on talent and theory

Question 3

Why is someone that possesses all the traits of general leadership not necessarily a good project leader?

Answer 3

Such a person can fire people up easily, but cannot necessarily deliver solid results

Question 4

In the context of this chapter, what is project management?

Answer 4

Tools built on technical training like WBS, Gantt chart, etc, followed by practice

Question 5

Why does proper project management not necessarily ensure project success?

Answer 5

If the project team is not properly motivated and managed on a personal level, the project will not succeed, irrespective of the plans, schedules, documents, etc that were set up

Question 6

What is project leadership?

Answer 6

The intersection of general leadership and project management. The ability to influence others to deliver results.

Question 7

In the project leadership matrix, what are the four quadrants named?

Answer 7

3. Proactive Task Mgmt | 4. Proactive people mgmt
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4. Reactive Task mgmt | 1. Reactive people mgmt

Question 8

If the project leadership matrix were to be drawn out as a graph, where should a good project manager ideally spend most of their time?

Answer 8

Between quadrant 3 and 4

Proactive task and people management

Question 9

What are the top ten traits of a good leader? (sterkte…)

Answer 9

1. Grounded and centered (pause, decide) SELF
2. Aware and mindful (wakker) SELF
3. Create solutions THEORY
4. Analyse facts THEORY
5. Evaluate risks THEORY
6. Generate urgency TEAM
7. Use insights THOERY/TEAM
8. Build cohesion TEAM
9. Motivate people TEAM
10. Achieve results ALL