Managing a project - Level 2 - ENG Mixte : présentiel / à distance

Target

Manager et chefs de projet

Requirement

Have completed the Positioning questionnaire

Completed the self-diagnostic questionnaire on project management skills

Pedagogical objectives

• Making your project credible through influential leadership
• Mobilising the project team and harnessing different skills
• Creating group synergy to drive the project forward Managing opposition  

Description / Content

Stage 1: What is the role of the project manager?

• The specific role of the project manager, a balance between influence and authority
• Principles of influential leadership
• Leadership styles at different stages of the project
• Getting the group to commit to the project
• Application exercises and structured discussions

Stage 2: Involving the group in the project

• Mapping the project's stakeholders using socio-dynamics to form the group and establish influence strategies
• Mobilising people around the project, successfully launching the project
• Pitching to persuade
• Application exercises: Working on your sales pitch;

Stage 3: Overcoming resistance to the project

• Recognising and managing obstructive behaviour
• Mobilising allies
• Negotiating and influencing
• Managing disagreements
• Application exercises, role-playing

Stage 4: The difficulties and biases of working in a group

• Making decisions in a group: power struggles, quality of leadership
• The different ways of working together or communicating at different stages of the project
• Application exercises based on professional situations:
• Build a collaborative action plan;
• Conduct a participatory review

• Persuading through influence
• Providing non-hierarchical authority
• Creating involvement and maintaining motivation
• Building legitimacy as a project manager

Educational resources and supports

• Slide show PPT​
• Pedagogical Support

Educational format

• Tests in pre-work and follow-up
• Use of a common thread throughout the workshops in a different context (experiential learning)
• Sub-group exercises
• Metaplan / collective reflection
• Methodological contributions

Evaluation and monitoring methods

• Self-positioning by participants on a digital platform shared with the trainer (at the beginning and end of the course)
• Assessment by the trainer at the end of the course
• On-the-spot assessment immediately after the course
• REX - One-hour practice-sharing workshops one or two months after the initial training course
• Post-training assessment one or two months after the course
• Performance questionnaire sent to the customer three months after the course

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M&A-SoftSkills Factory