Description
Getting Started
Throughout this course, you will have the opportunity to discuss the concepts, skills, and competencies most pertinent for successful project managers with your classmates and your instructor. In this workshop, you will submit a discussion post sharing your experience with ethical leadership and your perspective on how emotional intelligence and leadership strengths may impact leading projects through ethical challenges.
Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:
Appraise key ethical and leadership qualities of a successful project manager.
Resources
Article: PMI Documents on Ethics: Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct and Ethical Decision-Making Framework
Video: PMI Code of Ethics
Video: How to Be a Great Leader: Project Management
[Note: The inclusion of publicly accessible video links in your courses and program should be considered neither a recommendation nor an endorsement of any products or services mentioned within them.]
Background Information
Now that you have explored the importance of ethical values, emotional intelligence, and leadership for project managers, you will reflect upon how these concepts relate to your own leadership strengths and your experiences with project leadership challenges. You will discuss an instance of poor leadership you’ve experienced and share your perspective on the impact that ethics or emotional intelligence had upon leadership effectiveness. Additionally, you will describe the impact of poor leadership upon the project, the team, and its stakeholders. Then, you will describe what you learned from the experience and how your own leadership strengths may have impacted the situation.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Read PMI Documents on Ethics: Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct and Ethical Decision-Making Framework.
Watch the following videos:
PMI Code of Ethics (5:58 min) and/or read the PMI Code of Ethics Transcript (HTML)
How to Be a Great Leader: Project Management (6:10 min) and/or read the How to Be a Great Leader: Project Management Transcript (HTML)
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following prompts:
How do your leadership skills, ethics, and emotional intelligence go hand-in-hand?
Share a personal example of a situation you witnessed or experienced with inadequate leadership resulting from poor ethics, poor emotional intelligence, or both.
What was the impact on the project, team member, or stakeholder? What did you learn from this experience?
Also, describe how one of your strengths or themes from your StrengthsFinder results would have impacted your leadership in this situation.
In contrast to some of your prior courses, your initial post is due Day Three of the workshop, not Day Four.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 200 words and one reference.
Properly cite and reference one or more of the workshop’s sources in your original post.
All references and citations should be in APA format.
For information on how to cite sources and format a paper properly, review the Academic Writer website or the OCLS APA Style Page.
You may also review the OCLS Evaluating Sources Page to see the criteria for credible Internet research websites.
Read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings, as well as follow-up instructor questions directed to you, by the end of the workshop. Responses should be at least 100 words.
Your postings also should:
Be well developed by providing clear answers with evidence of critical thinking.
Add greater depth to the discussion by introducing new ideas.
Provide clarification to classmates’ questions and provide insight into the discussion.
Use the quick link or the Activities button to access the discussion thread.
