Project Team Management: Day-to-day Management Methods to Get the Very Best from Your Project Team

Team Performance is Not an Accident
The difference between a happy and successful project, and one that is neither, is your project team. It’s you team who get the work done. But it’s you who sets the mood.
Great teams don’t come about by accident. I often say that you get the team you deserve.
If you invest your time, your effort, and your commitment into building a team to be proud of, then that’s what you will get. But if you take a lazy attitude and simply expect them to perform well… In that case, you’ll get what you deserve: very little.
So, what are the management skills you need, to craft a high level of performance? That is what I will answer in the six chapters of this ebook.
One Minute Project Manager: Applying the Principles to Projects
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is a deserved best-seller. Its guidance is simple and valuable for any manager. So how does it translate for a Project Manager? Could you be a One Minute Project Manager?
Ten Ways to Win Team Commitment on Your Project
If you want to supercharge your project team, your first step is to win their commitment. But although team commitment is easy to define and spot, it is hard to create. Yet the best project leaders seem to do it with ease. So, what are their secrets?
In this chapter, I reveal all. I’ll list the top ten ways to win team commitment, and secure a supercharged project team, that will work hard, collaborate well, and deliver consistently.
Effective Teamwork: Do You Know How to Create it?
If you want your Project to be a success, you need to be able to create effective teamwork. This is at the heart of your role as a Project Leader. You need to bring people together, facilitate great communication, encourage the right attitudes, and harness the best that effective teamwork can deliver. So, in this chapter, we’ll look at all of that with a practical eye, and ask: What can you do, as a Project Manager, to create effective teamwork?
How I Create Exceptional Project Collaboration
When you look up Project Collaboration, you will find a bewildering array of software tools available. There are many software solutions to help your project team collaborate effectively. But as a Project Manager, whether you have the ideal a software tool, or you have to make do with tools that are not designed for project collaboration, how can you make collaboration work? We’ll look at the principles of good Project Collaboration, with or without dedicated software.
Performance Feedback for Project Team Members: In a Nutshell
As a project manager, you are not just responsible for your project. You are also responsible for the people on your project. And there is nothing that develops people more reliably than good quality performance feedback. So, you need to develop the ability to give good performance feedback to your project team members. In this chapter, we’ll summarize the skills, techniques, and tips you’ll need.
Are You Handling a Team Member Leaving Your Project Properly?
You may have to deal with a team member leaving your project at any time. It’s neither easy nor pleasant. Although, it can sometimes be a bit of a relief! There is a lot that can go wrong, and it can easily become a crisis point for our project. The consequences of a poor handover can be delays, mistakes, and a lot of extra work. So, how can you handle a team member leaving your project in an elegant and efficient way? That’s what we will look at in this chapter.