Projects need leaders who can give them vision, identity, keep the stakeholders and the project team on board and make the difficult decisions. This book explains the key leadership models and shows how they can be applied within projects to lead processes, functions and people and ensure an...

1. Introduction -- 2. Models of leadership competence -- 3. Dimensions of leadership competence -- 4. Personalities of leaders -- 5. The reality of project leadership -- 6. Towards a leadership competence theory of project performance.