Top 5 Leadership Styles in Project Management
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Top 5 Leadership Styles in Project 
Management
Effective leadership styles are crucial for every 
organization to drive their projects to success. It is 
fundamental for the project managers to possess a diverse 
set of leadership styles to utilize in varied situations and 
motivate the team to achieve their assigned goals. In this 
blog, we will discuss the top 5 leadership styles covered 
during a PMP Exam Prep Course.
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Types of Leadership Styles
1. Transformational Leadership:
2. Servant Leadership:
3. Transactional Leadership:
4. Situational Leadership:
5. Collaborative Leadership:
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Leadership:
Project Managers who apply this leadership style aim 
to motivate and inspire their team members to 
achieve their full potential. Through this leadership 
style, they enlighten the team with a compelling 
vision, inculcate innovation and inspire them to take 
accountability. Positive reinforcement and mentorship 
are a crucial part of Transformational Leadership 
style. It helps in creating a culture of continuous 
learning and positive change
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Project Managers who apply this leadership focus on 
empathy, humility, and service to others. They are 
understanding of the needs of their team members, 
and support their growth in personal and professional 
aspects. The aim of Servant Leaders is to foster trust 
and collaboration to make the team members feel 
valued and motivated. In turn, it helps team members 
to dedicatedly complete their tasks and support 
others in doing so too.
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Leadership:
Project Managers apply this leadership to 
communicate the clear expectations from the team 
and rewarding based on a preset criteria. The team is 
motivated to perform well and ensure ownership of 
their work through a system of incentives and 
rewards. The main goal of this leadership style is to 
help project managers drive productivity while 
maintaining project discipline.
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Leadership:
Situational leadership is modifying one's style of 
leadership according to the particular requirements 
of the circumstance and the team members' degree 
of maturity. Using this approach, project managers 
evaluate the skills and readiness of their team and 
modify their leadership approach as necessary. 
Situational leaders optimize team performance and 
accomplish project goals by offering the appropriate 
degree of assistance and direction.
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Leadership:
The project manager serves as a collaborator, 
facilitator, and student for the project team and 
stakeholders, under this leadership style. The 
project's goals, plans, and ambitions are jointly 
created. They share resources and project operations. 
The benefits of collaborative leadership for project 
management include increased team innovation, 
productivity, and quality as well as stakeholder 
alignment and trust.
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To sum up, the top 5 leadership styles covered in 
the PMP exam prep course gives project 
managers a flexible toolkit to help them manage 
their teams and ensure project success. Project 
managers may inspire excellent performance in 
their teams and adjust to a variety of obstacles 
by learning these leadership styles. Project 
managers can use a variety of leadership 
techniques, such as charismatic, situational, 
transformational, servant, or transactional 
leadership, to successfully navigate challenging 
projects and produce outstanding outcomes.
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