FPM 234: Applied Leadership in Projects & Programs Course

Module 1: Leading Project Teams

• Establish vision, norms, and psychological safety.
• Reinforce accountability and ownership of outcomes.
• Tune leadership style to team needs.

Module 2: Building Networks & Professional Relationships

• Map influence and stakeholder power dynamics.
• Use persuasion and principled negotiation to gain commitments.
• Maintain relationships across organizational boundaries.

Module 3: Managing Conflict

• Identify root causes and choose an appropriate response style.
• Facilitate difficult conversations that preserve trust.
• Turn disputes into opportunities for learning and improvement.

Module 4: Making Decisions

• Balance speed and rigor using structured decision frameworks.
• Apply ethical and risk lenses to ambiguous choices.
• Communicate decisions and rationale clearly.

Module 5: Coaching for Success

• Use simple coaching models to grow capability.
• Deliver actionable feedback and measure progress.
• Create stretch opportunities aligned to individual and team goals.

Module 6: Creativity & Innovation

• Encourage experimentation and low-risk pilots.
• Convert ideas into implementable improvements.
• Build mechanisms to sustain innovation.