Challenges Faced By Project Leaders In Their Organization

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With everyday change in technology and market demands, all of us face lots of challenges in our work and career. It became extremely important for each one to grow irrespective of the kind of industry he is working in. Different project and teams are mentored and guided by leaders. Good leaders have committed team members who believe in the vision of their leader. They set direction and time frames and have the ability to attract good talent to work for them. Leaders inspire a vision and get things done through others by earning loyalty, respect, and cooperation from the team members. They set the course and lead the way. But it is not an easy task as they face a lot of challenges every day.

Below is the list of top 10 challenges faced by the leaders during the project lifecycle

  1. Knowledge – Is he using his knowledge appropriately in accomplishing the task assigned to him?
  2. Experience – Is his current and past experience useful for his team and projects assigned to him?
  3. Vision – Is his vision in sync with his company’s vision.
  4. Authority – Does he has the authority to take crucial decisions like technology and or resource selection? Can he ask for the right set of resources from the company?
  5. Award and penalty –Does he has the power to hire and fire the team members based on their performance.
  6. Market value – Is his designation and profile with current employer in line with similar designation in the market.
  7. Communication –Can he send the communication to top management directly? Also did he communicated the right set of data to right set of people?
  8. Company Culture –Is his behavior in line with the company’s culture and HR (Human Resource) Policies?
  9. Quality Audit – Can he directly interact with the internal and external audit teams regarding the serviceability of the product?
  10. Updated technologies – Has he updated himself with the latest technologies, and conducted appropriate trainings for his team members.

How to address these challenges if you are the project leader

  1. If you are not using your knowledge, you should try to switch to other project where you can use both your knowledge and experience.
  2. You can share your good and bad experiences with your team at regular intervals, so that they do not repeat the same mistakes.
  3. To align your vision with the company’s vision, you must check the company’s three year roadmap.
  4. In case you do not have any say in resource and technology selection, you should put your thoughts and recommendations in front of your seniors.
  5. You can share your feedback in the performance appraisal cycle of the team members you want to reward or penalize.
  6. Talk to your manager if your profile is not matching with your designation.
  7. Be very careful while communicating confidential data, check the communication management plan of the project before sending any communication related to that project.
  8. Seek an honest feedback from your seniors and peers.
  9. Go through the quality reports of other projects and check with your manager about your part.
  10. Update yourself by doing certifications and trainings regularly so that you are updated with latest technologies in the market.

The companies should conduct leadership development programs which can truly help to address succession planning objectives. It should also ensure that performance incentive processes and other HR processes align with leadership development objectives.

About Aditi Malhotra

Aditi Malhotra is the Content Marketing Manager at Whizlabs. Having a Master in Journalism and Mass Communication, she helps businesses stop playing around with Content Marketing and start seeing tangible ROI. A writer by day and a reader by night, she is a fine blend of both reality and fantasy. Apart from her professional commitments, she is also endearing to publish a book authored by her very soon.

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