Why Project Leaders Need Power Skills

It’s time to lean into the power skills—communication, problem-solving, collaborative leadership and strategic thinking—that help project leaders influence stakeholders and deliver successful projects. We discuss this with:Swapna Yadavalli, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, VP of technology program management, Mastercard, Pune, India: Yadavalli discusses how leaders with power skills help their teams succeed, how strong communication and collaboration helped her team deliver a large-scale program and ways fellow project leaders can further develop their own power skills.Manuel Segura Pérez, head of project and construction management, Repsol, Madrid: Segura Pérez shares why communication is a critical power skill for all leaders and how he helped foster greater communication and collaboration on a joint venture. Key themes[02:04] How power skills boost collaboration on cross-functional teams[04:49] Using communication and collaborative leadership to deliver a successful program[06:30] Ways project leaders can develop power skills[08:14] Using empathy to improve power skills within teams[11:00] Selecting future leaders with power skill potential