As a Project Leader, your job is to deliver the project as per the schedule. And, that is also with the budget respected and expectations exceeded!

You can achieve this by motivating your people such that they carry out every possible step that will help your project finish with the above parameters respected. To motivate your people, you need to energize them and to energize your people you need the energy; plenty of energy. Energy has many forms like Physical, mental, in the form of agility, emotional etc.

So, the question is how to make optimum use of energy to lead the project? Not sure.

Not sure?

Here is what an energy-rich Project Leader does on a regular basis.

1. Wakes up each morning to attack the project at her end.
2. Believes that change is an opportunity than a threat. Keeps the Change Request Handling Plan in place.
3. Paints a vivid picture of the finish line when implementing the project. Shows bigger picture to the team.
4. Selects team members based on attitude and passion rather than experience and positions.
5. Implants informality and simplicity in the team; eliminates complexity and formality.
6. Desolates ideas, processes (and people also if needs be) which don't align to the project goals.
7. Builds and provide a platform for team members where they can express their ideas and opinions.
8. Prepares and act upon Idea response system. Rewards great idea and inspires others to generate the better ones.
9. Creates a culture where her direct reports are engaged in meaningful dialogue and provide constructive feedback in every project meeting.
10. Rewards her people for taking calculated risks and assures that they won't be punished when it doesn't work.
11. Review processes and sub processes. Eliminates which don't work. She understands quality is relative and its definition is different per customer.
12. Makes training # 1 priority – inside and outside of the project.
13. Conducts an audit of communication methodologies, meetings and reviews – promotes the effective methods and gets rid of the ones which don't add value anymore.
14. Inspires the organization such that it allows her to align rewards in proportion of the results that team produces.
15. Involves everyone; leverages anything and everything that can be useful for the project.
16. Works ON the project rather than IN the project. Chooses to perform no or little role as resource in the project.
17. Gets the project done by doing the right thing and doing things right.

Energize your people; enjoy the project's success.