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Presented By: Adiya Amjad Malik

Shaira Kasam

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Leadership imperfections;

Terrorists and saboteurs;

The plight of middle management;

Anguish of cultural struggle

Project paralysis.

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Situations in which leadership imperfectionsoccur:

Executive lacks skills needed to demonstrateleadership;

Executive suffers from control madness;

Executive has runaway expectations;

Executive lacks the skills needed to managechange and model new behavior.

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Periodic meetings with executive sponsor for

needs and concerns of project;

Briefing sessions with executive sponsor

educating on business reengineering and changestrategies;

Develop and get acceptance of tactical plan

providing recommendations of how to sponsor

a project;

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Agree on the extent and types of involvement

between the executive sponsor and project

team;

Provide for periodic updates from executive

sponsor to the project team on pressures thatmust be managed.

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The Lone Ranger: wanting to be the lone hero;

The Game Player: scared of project threateningtheir position;

The Opportunist: driven by personal ambition;

TheTechnocrat: technical expert;

The Pretender: giving false impression towardscommitment.

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The Lone Player: quiet and direct confrontation;

The Game Player: inclusion in project and

following up;

The Opportunist: play the role of nursemaid;

T

heT

echnocrat: control their involvement in theproject;

The Pretender: use persistence andconfrontation, through boss if required.

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Keep your eyes and ears open;

Directly confront the offender privately;

If sabotage behavior persists, do not hesitate to contact thepersons boss or project manager;

If sabotage persists, and the person can be moved out of theproject, do so;

If it still continues and cannot move the person out ofproject, try improving team work, roles and relationships;

Seek our skills training in handling difficult people.

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Reinterpret real meaning

to top managers Tend to micro-manage

Derive power from head-count

Technology can provide direct

access to information Can work in self- managed

teams Whereas downsizing can be

done due to redundant jobs

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Leadership

Skill and Knowledge development in others

Continuous Process Improvement Planning and Visioning

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Giving up a belief system is comparable to

giving up an addiction

Organizations have a tremendous amount ofinertia and resist change

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Mistaken simplicity of Implementation

Logical vs Political Situations

Misaligned Visions

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Educate the project team

Learn to listen and ask questions

If problems cant be solved then maybe thedirection needs to be changed

Be realistic in taking each step

Self critical in each step

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Problem Behavior can emerge anytime from :

Perfectionism

ImpatienceDizziness of possibilities

Letting details fall through the cracks