The conference is over and the boss wants the project wrapped up with an accession on best practices that can be shared with the rest of the organization. Strong leadership practices will need to be put into place to ensure managers receive the best accession. Project managers will need to adhere to the highest level ethics while measuring the progress of this project from the beginning to the closure. Steps will need to be taken to determine the effectiveness of the project.

Describe the leadership practices you would incorporate into this project.

A leader should lead by example. “Often, when faced with uncertainty, people look to others for cues as to how to respond and demonstrate a propensity to mimic the behavior of superiors.” (Gray & Larson, 2006, p. 325) How a project manager deals with tasking is often viewed by employees and the act is copied. Project managers have an influence on how others respond to different issues related to assignments.

Six aspects of leading by example are priorities, urgency, problem solving, cooperation, standards of performance and ethics. “Unfortunately, it is estimated that about 90 percent of all projects are not seriously reviewed or audit.” (Gray & Larson, 2006, p. 461) Project managers should lead by example and treat the audit of the end of a project as a priority. Issue deadlines for each step as a symbol urgency of project completion. Situations needing problem solving should be embraced and welcome to encourage faster solutions. How managers interact with outside vendors will determine how team members cooperate with outside vendors. High standards of performance can be maintained staying on top of critical issues, quick responses to problems and taking a firm stand on important issues.

Explain how you would maintain the highest level of ethics during the execution of this project.

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