Project Leadership in Action

Are you looking to cultivate a personal leadership style that enhances your effectiveness in every action and decision while leading your projects? This Project Leadership in Action training course is designed for you. It focuses on refining your ability to leverage personal skills to influence and persuade others, ensuring timely completion of work. The Project Leadership in Action training course will help you master negotiation techniques in customer and supplier relationships, even with individuals over whom you might not have direct control. You will explore key topics such as project politics, leadership skills, influencing strategies, negotiation tactics, and conflict resolution techniques, all tailored to enhance your project management capabilities.

PM-020Vienna - AustriaProject Management

Course schedules

Upcoming dates Classroom

Start date	End date	Location	Fee	Registration
5 Oct 2026	9 Oct 2026	Vienna - Austria	€2,125 + VAT	→
16 Nov 2026	20 Nov 2026	Barcelona - Spain	€1,925 + VAT	→
7 Dec 2026	11 Dec 2026	Paris - France	€2,250 + VAT	→
11 Jan 2027	15 Jan 2027	Munich - Germany	€2,125 + VAT	→
8 Feb 2027	12 Feb 2027	Amsterdam - Netherlands	€2,125 + VAT	→
8 Mar 2027	12 Mar 2027	London - United Kingdom	€2,100 + VAT	→
12 Apr 2027	16 Apr 2027	Istanbul - Türkiye	€1,425 + VAT	→
10 May 2027	14 May 2027	Cape Town - South Africa	€2,125 + VAT	→

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Why Attend

Are you looking to cultivate a personal leadership style that enhances your effectiveness in every action and decision while leading your projects?

This Project Leadership in Action training course is designed for you. It focuses on refining your ability to leverage personal skills to influence and persuade others, ensuring timely completion of work. The Project Leadership in Action training course will help you master negotiation techniques in customer and supplier relationships, even with individuals over whom you might not have direct control.

You will explore key topics such as project politics, leadership skills, influencing strategies, negotiation tactics, and conflict resolution techniques, all tailored to enhance your project management capabilities.

Course Objectives

Appraise your project leadership skills
Apply a range of concepts to utilize power and to influence others
Manage corporate politics at the project level as well as the senior management level
Apply principles, guidelines and common methods of negotiation on projects
Apply leadership techniques to enhance the performance of project teams

Designed for

This program is intended for professionals involved in Project Management.

Project managers
Team leaders
Workstream leaders
Project sponsors / Owners

Course Methodology

This course uses instructor-led sessions, guided discussion, and practical exercises built around Day One: The Project Environment and Organisational Politics, Day Two: Project Leadership, Day Three: The Use of Power and Influence in Project Leadership, and day four: negotiating win-win agreements.

Course content

Day1

Day One: The Project Environment and Organisational Politics

The nature and challenges of the project environment
Organisational politics and its impact on projects
How to promote a project-focused culture
Identifying and analyzing project stakeholders
The Need in a project environment for result-based leadership

Day2

Day Two: Project Leadership

Characteristics of an effective project leader
Project leadership styles and style flexibility
Applying leadership styles to individual performance management
Applying leadership styles to team development
Key project leadership skills: Communication and coaching

Day3

Day Three: The Use of Power and Influence in Project Leadership

How power and influence can create excellence in project leadership
Identifying and categorizing stakeholders in terms of attitude and power / influence
Sources of power for the project manager
Applying power and influence to project teams
Delegation and empowerment

Day4

Day Four: Negotiating Win-win Agreements

The need for negotiation on projects
The importance of win-win negotiations
The project leader as negotiator
Preparing & Conducting negotiations
Identifying and managing conflict

Day5

Day Five: Project Leadership Development

Establishing your own leadership style preferences
Devising a political strategy
Creating a positive project culture
Devising a project communication plan
Establishing negotiation requirements for your project

The certificate

SPARK Training Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants who attend and complete the full training course.

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