A Definition of Project Leadership
An understanding of the importance of "people" to the success of a project has developed rapidly over the last twenty five years. The major thrusts are perhaps best portrayed graphically as shown in Figure 1.[7]
Figure 1: Major Project Leadership Skills
With these attributes in mind, we suggest the following definition as a simple, yet comprehensive, distillation of leadership thought in the context of a project.
| Project leadership is an ability to get things done well through others.
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| It requires:
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- A vision of the destination
- A compelling reason to get there
- A realistic timetable, and
- A capacity to attract a willing team
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7. Adapted from Hellreigel, D., Slocum, J. W., Jr. & Woodman, R. W., Organizational Behaviour, Sixth Edition, West Publishing company, 1992, p386.
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Evolution of Leadership
