ESI International Project Management Seminar

Project Management and Project Leadership - Getting the Balance Right

Project Management and Project Leadership.  Find out the difference and decide whether your leadership and management skills are in balance. A good manager is not necessarily a good leader, and a good leader is not necessarily a good manager.  There is a difference.  This seminar will examine the roles of both managers and leaders and the importance of getting the balance right.  The triple constraints of a project: cost, time and scope, must be managed and the people involved must be led.  Change management and risk management are two highly sophisticated skills and are well defined. Strategic principles of using particular technologies, methodologies and processes are skills common to both line and project management.  Project management has become a science unto itself and has achieved a reputation of being a discipline shrouded in mysterious terminology known only to project management professionals.  Project management is different from line management.  Both are equally important and the project manager is by no means an exotic creature.  The project manager however does need additional skills to strategically lead and inspire team members through each phase of a project. Can these skills be learned?  This will be one of the topics discussed in the seminar. We will look at the attributes of managers and leaders from all walks of life and see if we can learn something from their very different styles.

You are invited to join ESI for an exclusive, complimentary breakfast seminar, “Project Management and Project Leadership – Getting the Balance Right.” Leading this seminar will be Mike Lavery, a senior instructor with ESI International.