Project Leadership – create engaged project teams

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: A short story about a successful project

Lecture 2: Key success factors: motivated team members & excellent collaboration

Lecture 3: The roles of a leader, manager, and coach

Lecture 4: How did we fill the roles in a "real life example"?

Lecture 5: Exercise

Lecture 6: How to best use this course

Chapter 2: Leader – The art and science of presenting successfully

Lecture 1: Exercise

Lecture 2: A presentation gone wrong

Lecture 3: What is the objective of your presentation?

Lecture 4: Exercise

Lecture 5: Know your audience

Lecture 6: Exercise

Lecture 7: Putting it into practice

Lecture 8: Presentation Checklist

Lecture 9: Exercise

Chapter 3: Leader – Project Vision

Lecture 1: Exercise

Lecture 2: When projects go astray

Lecture 3: Using a project vision to motivate your team

Lecture 4: Using a project vision as a guideline for decisions

Lecture 5: Exercise

Lecture 6: Key elements & characteristics of a good project vision

Lecture 7: Ideas on how to create a project vision

Lecture 8: Exercise

Lecture 9: Exercise

Lecture 10: The Product Vision Board

Chapter 4: Manager – Delegation

Lecture 1: Exercise

Lecture 2: Delegation saved my life

Lecture 3: Why delegation is a key leadership trait

Lecture 4: 4 steps of delegation

Lecture 5: Wrong – I did it again (choosing the right delegation stage)

Lecture 6: Exercise

Lecture 7: Situational Leadership

Lecture 8: Exercise

Lecture 9: People can't work with money

Lecture 10: Delegation board (taken from Management 3.0)

Lecture 11: Exercise

Lecture 12: Wrap up

Lecture 13: Exercise

Chapter 5: Manager – The Perfect Team

Lecture 1: Exercise

Lecture 2: Surprise – what a motivated team is capable of doing

Lecture 3: Hire for attitude, train for skills

Lecture 4: You're the average of the 5 people closest to you

Lecture 5: A, B, and C Employees

Lecture 6: Exercise

Lecture 7: How to find the right team members

Lecture 8: Do I have a choice?

Lecture 9: Exercise

Lecture 10: Example: why attitude is more important than credentials and experience

Lecture 11: Conclusion

Chapter 6: Manager – distributed teams

Lecture 1: Initial thoughts

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Good reasons to work with a distributed team

Lecture 4: 5 tips for working with a distributed team

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Lecture 6: Tools for distributed teams

Chapter 7: Coach – Feedback

Lecture 1: Exercise

Lecture 2: Feedback – Common Sense ist not Common Practice

Lecture 3: Feedback is good for the Individual AND the Project

Lecture 4: How we learn – lessons from a road construction site

Lecture 5: How we learn – direct and indirect feedback

Lecture 6: Example – how to use feedback to manage expectations

Lecture 7: Broaden your horizon with feedback

Lecture 8: How I discovered a blind spot

Lecture 9: Increase quality and productivity!

Lecture 10: Conclusion – why feedback is good stuff

Lecture 11: Exercise

Lecture 12: Who should give feedback

Lecture 13: 3 techniques how to give feedback

Lecture 14: Hints to consider when giving feedback

Lecture 15: Exercise

Lecture 16: Building a feedback routine

Lecture 17: Exercise

Chapter 8: Coach – Peer Feedback

Lecture 1: Introduction to Peer Feedback

Lecture 2: What exactly is peer feedback?

Lecture 3: An example: Introducing peer feedback in a team

Lecture 4: Why is it a good idea to use peer feedback?

Lecture 5: How to introduce peer feedback (mental models)

Lecture 6: AIDA in practice

Lecture 7: Suggestions on how to implement peer feedback

Lecture 8: What obstacles can you expect to come up against when setting up peer feedback

Lecture 9: Conclusion

Chapter 9: Wrap-Up

Lecture 1: Conclusion