Leadership competency profiles of successful project managers
This is the title of a paper by Ralf Muller and Rodney Turner that appeared early in 2010 in the International Journal of Project Management (Volume 28 Issue 5 2010 p437-448). It examines the leadership competency profiles of successful project managers in different types of project.
How NASA builds teams - Mission critical soft skills for scientists, engineers and project teams
Charles Pellerin is a former Director of NASA's Astrophysics Division where he led the team that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope. THis book with the above title describes a team-building process that is "proven, quantitative and requires only a fraction of the time and resources of traditional training methods." His model starts from the premise that social context (i.e. relating to the interactions of people) drives behaviour and perceptions. This understanding of how technical people interact shows how they can be motivated to work more effectively.
Leadership and decision-making
A study of leadership and adaptive decision-making has been published by Gary Klein. Why is it important? Simply it is because it is based on real-life studies of how experts and top professionals adapt to meet the needs of a situation.
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
What distinguishes the star performers from those who are just average? Daniel Goleman brought together a substantial body of research and literature relating to this topic. Others have continued the research to establish that Emotional Intelligence is one of the most important determinants of success in the workplace.
