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Course Description

This intensive five-day "Certified Project Leader" program is meticulously crafted to empower experienced project professionals with the advanced leadership, communication, and negotiation skills essential for navigating the complexities of modern projects, alongside a deep dive into integrated project, contract, and procurement management. Participants will learn to inspire and guide teams, master complex stakeholder interactions, resolve conflicts, and drive successful outcomes by strategically managing contracts and procurement throughout the project lifecycle.

Course Objectives

  • Develop and apply advanced project leadership styles and qualities to inspire and motivate teams.
  • Master strategic communication techniques for diverse project stakeholders and complex situations.
  • Lead and facilitate challenging negotiations to achieve mutually beneficial project outcomes.
  • Implement best practices in project management, ensuring successful planning, execution, and control.
  • Understand and apply the principles of effective contract management throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Develop strategic procurement plans and manage supplier relationships effectively.
  • Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks related to project leadership, communications, contracts, and procurement.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, trust, and accountability within project teams.
  • Resolve conflicts and manage difficult conversations with diplomacy and effectiveness.
  • Optimize resource allocation and manage inter-project dependencies from a leadership perspective.
  • Ensure ethical conduct and compliance in all project, contract, and procurement activities.
  • Leverage influence and emotional intelligence to drive project success.
  • Develop a personal action plan for continuous leadership and project management improvement.

Who Should Attend?

This comprehensive course is designed for experienced project managers, program managers, team leads, functional managers overseeing project-based work, contract managers, procurement specialists, and any professional aspiring to a project leadership role who needs to integrate advanced leadership, communication, and negotiation skills with robust project, contract, and procurement management expertise.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Strategic Project Leadership & Vision

  • Defining the Certified Project Leader: Beyond management to leadership.
  • Leadership Styles in Project Management: Situational, Transformational, Servant, Agile Leadership.
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Project Leaders: Self-awareness, empathy, social skills.
  • Visionary Leadership: Developing and communicating a compelling project vision.
  • Building High-Performing Project Teams: Trust, accountability, psychological safety.
  • Motivating and Empowering Project Teams: Delegation, coaching, and feedback.
  • Leading Through Change and Uncertainty: Resilience and adaptability.
  • Workshop: Assessing personal leadership style and developing a team motivation strategy.

Day 2: Mastering Project Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Strategic Communication Planning for Complex Projects.
  • Identifying and Analyzing Project Stakeholders: Influence and impact.
  • Tailoring Communication for Different Audiences: Executive, team, client, vendor.
  • Effective Listening and Feedback Techniques.
  • Managing Expectations and Delivering Difficult Messages.
  • Conflict Management and Resolution: Win-win approaches, mediation, de-escalation.
  • Information Radiators and Visual Management in Project Communications.
  • Communicating Across Cultures and Virtual Teams.
  • Practical Exercise: Developing a stakeholder communication matrix and practicing difficult conversations.

    Day 3: Advanced Negotiation for Project & Commercial Success

    • Principles of Negotiation in Project and Commercial Contexts.
    • Negotiation Preparation: Objectives, BATNA, ZOPA, and power dynamics.
    • Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Tactics: Collaborative, competitive, principled.
    • Influencing and Persuasion Skills for Project Leaders.
    • Negotiating Scope Changes, Contract Variations, and Claims.
    • Handling Difficult Negotiators and High-Stakes Situations.
    • Building Consensus and Achieving Buy-in Across Project Functions.
    • Legal and Ethical Considerations in Project Negotiations.
    • Laboratory Session: Multi-party project negotiation simulation and debrief.

    Day 4: Integrated Project & Contract Management

    • Review of Project Management Lifecycle: From initiation to close-out (from a leadership lens).
    • Strategic Project Planning: Goal setting, scope definition, and WBS leadership.
    • Risk Management: Leading risk identification, analysis, and response planning.
    • Quality Management Leadership: Ensuring standards and continuous improvement.
    • Financial Oversight: Leading budget estimation, cost control, and value delivery.

    Day 5: Strategic Procurement Management & Certified Project Leader Synthesis

    • Procurement Planning: Make-or-buy decisions, sourcing strategies.
    • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) from a project leadership perspective.
    • Managing Procurement Risks and Supplier Performance.
    • Ethical Procurement and Compliance in Project Delivery.
    • Integrating Leadership, Communication, Negotiation, Project, Contract, and Procurement Management.
    • Decision-Making in Complex, Ambiguous Project Environments.
    • Personal Leadership Development Plan: Identifying strengths and areas for growth.
    • Building Your Project Leadership Brand.
    • Future Trends in Project Leadership and Management.

    Assessment Methodology

    All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

    Training Methodology

    Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

    Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

    • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
    • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
    • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
    • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

    Course Manual

    Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

    Course Certificate

    At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

    Why Edtech ?

    • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
    • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
    • Intensive Study materials
    • Flexible Schedules
    • Realistic training methodology
    • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
    • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.