1. Leadership skills Identifying the soft skills for project leadership Dr. Qian SHI Associate professor,School of Economics and Management, Tongji University,Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, P.R.China qianshi@mail.tongji.edu.cn

2. Leadership skills Main content  1.Introduction  2.Related research  3.Interview/Questionnaires  4.Data analysis and study findings  5.Conclusion

3. Leadership skills 1.Introduction  Background Project leadership is one of key topics for research in project management fields in the last a few years. Although many papers have been published in this field, there is still a lack of research especially in mainland China.

4. Leadership skills  Objectives This research has drawn on a systematic study that is helpful to build the body of knowledge regarding leadership skills of project leaders with specific reference to the Chinese context.

5. Leadership skills 2. Related research  Literatures review

6. Leadership skills  Summary of literatures review

7. Leadership skills 3. Interview/Questionnaires

8. Leadership skills  Interview In this stage, we have interviewed twenty participants using a set of open-ended questions with regard to project leadership as well as project organization performance including:  "What are the factors that lead to a successful project team? Or what are the factors that lead to an unsuccessful project team?"  "What are the basic characteristics and traits of a project manager?"  "What are the leadership skills that a project leader should have in order to make the project team effective and efficient?" The participants represent different organizational levels: general manager, functional manager, project manager, assistant of project manager and project team member.

9. Leadership skills  Questionnaire about characteristics and traits of a project leaders

10. Leadership skills  Questionnaire about leadership skills of a project leader

11. Leadership skills 4. Date analysis and study findings

12. Leadership skills  Study findings about project team performance

13. Leadership skills  Study findings about characteristics and traits of a project leader  Study findings about project leadership skills

14. Leadership skills 5. Conclusion

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